One more thing. Make sure that original installation does not have ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT set.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Owings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:28 PM To: Alexander Shevchuk Cc: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade from an IS12 installer project It looks like a simple Registry tag does the trick of removing it: <Component Id="NukeISRegistryStuff" Guid="B979D202-E062-46f2-93C7-81E9C36707E7"> <Registry Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\InstallShield_{2C5BF41E-E2D3-4B2C-83F6-B42F29ABFFFF}" Action="removeKeyOnInstall" > </Registry> </Component> I had to drop RemoveRegistryValues into the InstallExecuteSequence as well. Alexander Shevchuk wrote: > Normally, that registry key holds a ProductName property: > > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[ProductName] > > So, your choices are either change your ProductName to match original from > InstallShield or keep your current ProductName and remove that InstallShield > registry key. > > Alex > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Owings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:11 PM > 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 > > > -- 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
