Re: [WiX-users] Changing registry key name for uninstall

2011-08-06 Thread avinashreddy539
create a customaction which will execute at uninstalling process and change the registry key at uninstall process. You can a put a condition for that customaction like this *Installed AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE* -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n

[WiX-users] Add/Enable handler mapping in IIS 7/7.5 using WIX 3.5

2011-08-06 Thread Kwong Hu Kiu
Hello All, WIX 3.5 works using IIS6 for adding wildcard but for IIS7/7.5 there are 2 problems. Handler Mappings is disabled by default Have to navigate to "Edit Feature Permissions" and check "Scripts" to allow. Wildcard mapping is not added using the IISWixExtension library. I ne

Re: [WiX-users] feature install state always stops install under XP SP3

2011-08-06 Thread Rob Mensching
Something is definitely fishy in there. Look at verbose log files for all the different installs. They will show you the state of the Features and from there you should be able to hunt down what is going on. On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Peter Stein wrote: > Straight from the tutorial: "The te

Re: [WiX-users] Changing registry key name for uninstall

2011-08-06 Thread Rob Mensching
Why? The Windows Installer manages all that. It's not intended to be modified. If you really want to take over your ARP registration, set ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT and write all the registry keys yourself. On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Dario Griffo wrote: > Guys, I'm working on an installer project,

Re: [WiX-users] Registry permissions are not inherited

2011-08-06 Thread Rob Mensching
That is the behavior of the Windows Installer. Take a look at the WixUtilExtension PermissionEx. On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM, James Johnston wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to create some default registry keys for a component in > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE that all users should have full access to. Her

Re: [WiX-users] Installing https WCF Webservices

2011-08-06 Thread Rob Mensching
I think you and Fredrik would get along quite well. The WiX toolset native codebase uses very few classes but is still C++ code (uses // for comments and other small things not originally supported in C). Why? Because we developed a very consistent style that is used everywhere. That style was ori

Re: [WiX-users] Selectively uninstall features when using Burn

2011-08-06 Thread Rob Mensching
There are a few bugs open on feature selection via Burn. You might look through those and see if yours is unique. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:26 AM, shruthi02 wrote: > Rob, thanks so much for yor quick response! I was able to get selective > uninstall to work. > > However, I discovered another issu

Re: [WiX-users] Problem creating web application - sometimes

2011-08-06 Thread Rob Mensching
The Description is not used to differentiate web sites. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Linwood Ferguson wrote: > I found the cause of this, though I do not understand why one worked and > the other not. > > This machine had SharePoint installed (for development), and it also had a > web site at

Re: [WiX-users] Changing registry key name for uninstall

2011-08-06 Thread Dario Griffo
Sorry, my bad, i want this change to be done during the installation process, so once my product is installed the registry name is not a guid, is a name On 2011-08-06 7:02 AM, "avinashreddy539" wrote: > > create a customaction which will execute at uninstalling process and change > the registry ke