Yes. That's what the Component Rules in MSI are all about.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dhaval Patel
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:44 AM
To: Bob Arnson
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent Deletion of File
So I assume the components in other MSIs need to have the same GUID? Again, I
don't need this functionality right now, but it'd be good to know. Thanks.
On 2/14/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Dhaval Patel wrote:
> I have an MSI that installs numerous files - some of these may be
> shared by other components on the same box at a later time. I need to
> ensure that these specific files are not deleted upon uninstallation
> of my MSI. An example would help!
If the same components are shared among multiple MSIs, MSI only
uninstalls them when there are no installed products using them.
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