Hi.
I've been working with wix 2.0 for some time, and have come across a very
disturbing issue. I'm creating an MSI from a main setup.wxs file, which
includes several other wxi files, and is "linked" with other fragments. The
installation folder in the msi is defined like this :
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
<Directory Id="CompanyName" Name="SmartL"
LongName="$(var.AppProviderName)">
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR"
LongName="$(var.ProductName)" Name="TLinkVo">
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="PMenu"
LongName="Programs">
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="ProdName"
LongName="$(var.ProductName)" />
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
<Directory Id="SystemFolder" Name="System" />
</Directory>
The folders are not empty. i have a few components which install data into
the installdir and to the system, and program menu. each of those components
and features are in external fragments.
the directory in PMenu, the Prodname is removed correctly when uninstalling
the product. The directory INSTALLDIR fails to be removed for some reason.
at first, i believed the problem was with my custom actions. after
eliminating those CA's and still getting the same result, i suspected the
setup.exe which launches the msi, and might not have been terminated by the
time the folder needs to be deleted. this is not the case as well - by the
time MSIEXEC loads the msi, the setup.exe is already closed.
In addition, the CA on installation creates two files, which are deleted on
the CA for uninstall. both install and uninstall CA's are running prior to
the copy files section of the msi. or the remove files section. no files are
left in the folder after installation, and all sub folders are erased as
well. the error i'm getting in the log file is 2911, which means that for
some reason the folder is locked.
i've also tried to add to one of the components the <CreateFolder/>
Directive, followed by the RemoveFolder on "both" statement. this did not
help as well.
i would appreciate any assitance with this bizzare behavior.
thanks.
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