A repair should do the job.

Rob

Ed Russell wrote:
> So - is there nothing that can be done to force the change to re-install
> any files...  I guess it's sensible that it doesn't - just not for me
> now!!!
> 
> I'm thinking that my only option would be to put the write to the
> registry into a custom action dll and run this each time...  Not really
> the prettiest of options tho!  - Any other ideas as I'd rather not do
> this?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ed Russell
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 03 June 2006 19:49
> To: Ed Russell
> Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Change" behaviour
> 
> Ed Russell wrote:
>> I might be being stupid here - I have a component element which I use
> to
>> update a number of registry settings based on inputs into a dialog
>> during an install.  I've put it in it's own Feature which all seems to
>> work fine on the main install... 
>>
>> Now I want users to be able to re-run the install, select the "Change"
>> option, update these values and have them re-written into the
>> registry...  But it doesn't seem to want to do anything... Am I
> missing
>> anything obvious?  Or is this how the Installer Change behaviour
> works?
>>   
> A modify/change operation lets users choose different sets of features 
> to install. It doesn't reinstall everything, which is the problem you're
> 
> running into. Your component is installed so the only thing a change 
> operation can do is remove it.
> 



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