I've just found out how to manage this. I changed ProductId, UpgradeCode (and UpgradeId). Then I added an Upgrade entry with the old UpgradeCode (and I also removed the OnlyDetect attribute).
Everything works fine now! Thanks anyway :) Fred Frédéric Viollet a écrit : > Oups...! > My mistake : changing the productId *does* trigger a new installation > (from scratch ... asking for install dir and all that) *but* my previous > version is not removed... > Any idea? > > Thanks again. > > Fred > > Frédéric Viollet a écrit : > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've changed a lot of things (files and directories) in my application, >> and I'd like to remove any previously installed version of the product >> before installing the new one. >> Here's the situation.... >> previous version of my product had the following items in the wxs: >> <Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'> >> <Product Id='EA8BD404-C4BB-400D-B658-7200355C4613' >> UpgradeCode='F0B9C286-DA33-7842-A4FD-91F34F02D6B4' >> Language='1033' >> Manufacturer='MyCompany' >> Name="Console 8.0.xxxx" >> Version="8.0.xxxx.0"> >> <Package Description='Console Installer' Compressed='yes' >> InstallerVersion="300" /> >> <Upgrade Id='F0B9C286-DA33-7842-A4FD-91F34F02D6B4'> >> <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='PATCHFOUND' >> IncludeMinimum='yes' Minimum='8.0.001' /> >> </Upgrade> >> <InstallExecuteSequence> >> <RemoveExistingProducts After="FindRelatedProducts" /> >> </InstallExecuteSequence> >> >> >> New version's have the following items in the wxs: >> <Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'> >> <Product Id='18F6952C-38E1-6549-9B92-39DEE0608A7E' >> UpgradeCode='F0B9C286-DA33-7842-A4FD-91F34F02D6B4' >> Language='1033' >> Manufacturer='MyCompany' >> Name="Console 8.01.yyyy" >> Version="8.01.yyyy.0"> >> <Package Description='Policy Manager Console Installer' >> Compressed='yes' InstallerVersion="300" /> >> <Upgrade Id='F0B9C286-DA33-7842-A4FD-91F34F02D6B4'> >> <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='PATCHFOUND' >> IncludeMinimum='yes' Minimum='8.0.001' /> >> </Upgrade> >> <InstallExecuteSequence> >> <RemoveExistingProducts After="FindRelatedProducts" /> >> </InstallExecuteSequence> >> >> >> As you can see, I've changed the ProductId, but left the UpgradeId >> unchanged. But this doesn't work. It still is recognized as a minor upgrade. >> Since a lot of things have changed in my new packaging, many components >> have either been removed or added to the wxs. GUIDs have changed to. >> >> What would be, in you opinion, the best way to achieve what I'm trying >> to do? i.e. remove previous versions (all 8.0.abcd.0 versions) before >> starting a new installation (during this new installation, I'll need to >> ask the user an installation directory. This is a thing I don't do >> during upgrades. So I really need this new installation to be considered >> as an installation from scratch). >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Fred >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
