You're installing with merge modules, that means the runtime Dlls are part of your installation, and are not installed like the standalone redist exe that also installs them. The normal overwrite rules will apply if those Dlls are already installed.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeb Remus Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:46 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] VC redist msm not installing completely Hello, I hope I'm mailing the correct list about this. In trying to develop an installer for our product in WIX, I've hit a wall concerning VC 8.0 redist prerequisites. I followed the steps available at https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/02/13/building-an-msi-using-wix-v3-0-that-includes-the-vc-8-0-runtime-merge-modules.aspx to leverage WIX to build an MSI that installs the VC redist. I included the CRT, ATL, MFC, and all three respective policy msm files. Running the install on a target 2003 machine, installation completes successfully, however the VC redist is NOT listed in add/remove programs, and the registry keys in ...\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\ are not set. When running the downloadable vcredist_x86.exe, both of these things happen. Our product code checks this registry key to determine the existence of the redist on the computer, so obviously it's important the WIX msi leverages the msm to accomplish this. Has anyone seen anything like this? Is there any complications with the SP1 redist? Are the SP1 msm's available separately? Any help would be hugely appreciated, thanks very much. Sincerely, Jeb Remus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
