1. Probably some part of InstallShield wrote that which is not in the installer. Maybe a bootstrapper?
2. You should be able to use the RegistryKey element to nuke the key. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Owings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 13:11 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Major upgrade from an IS12 installer project I am in the processing of moving from IS12 to Wix for a number of our products. So far, things are going fairly well. There is one issue, however. The install we have out in the field is version 4.0.17. I have done a Wix installer that does a major upgrade to 4.0.20. Everything works fine -- the old product ID is uninstalled, and the new one replaces it. I can verify this both through the logs and through the actual changes to the filesystem and registry. However, there is one remaining issue. It looks like a registry entry from the original IS install is left in: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\InstallShield_{old-product code} This key while otherwise harmless, causes the Add/Remove programs panel in control panel to show an entry for the old product version. Of course, the old product can no longer be removed because it is no longer installed. Removing this leftover uninstall key from the registry fixes any issues. My questions are these: 1) Am I doing something wrong on my major upgrade to cause this key to not get removed? 2) If the answer to 1) is no, what would be the best way to go about removing this entry? I already have a number of C++ custom actions, and it would be fairly easy to add a new one to kill off that key if needed, but is there a better way? Thanx in advance -- mikey -- Teleoperate a roving mobile robot from the web: http://www.swampgas.com/robotics/rover.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
