I think /SMS is the incantation that makes the process wait for completion. 
It's case-sensitive I believe.

Phil Wilson

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dB.
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:44 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Beating a dead horse: uninstalling an InstallScript setup 
during a wix upgrade?

I have to upgrade an installscript installation (non-MSI) with a new wix 
installer.

I figured out how to get the uninstall command (registry, 
HKLM/.../Uninstall/GUID/UninstallString) and I can run that as a custom action, 
but...


1.       I can't make the damn thing wait to finish, it detaches the process (I 
tried specifying /w, cmd.exe /C /Q, etc.). Has anyone done this?

2.       I need to pass an .iss file to click through the UI, how do I do that?

3.       Is this a good idea at all? Am I missing something?

I am tempted to just tell the users to uninstall the application manually, but 
that's going to make people who care about use experience very unhappy - the 
whole point of moving to wix-based installers is to improve it .

Thx
dB.

-dB.
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