We have also experienced this issue. Fortunately, we have a bootstrapper/chainer that allows us to install vcredist_x86.exe and vcredist_x64.exe instead of merging those modules into our installer directly. We like this method better as it keeps our installer just a little bit cleaner and is easier to update as you move from VS 2003-> VS 2005 -> VS 2005 SP1 -> VS 2008 -> VS 2008 SP1 -> you get the idea.
If you have a bootstrapper, you can simply install those freely redistributable .exe's as pre-requisites of your product and be done. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] vc9 mergemodule and long uninstallation times Importance: Low Don't know if you can avoid it. All I can do is confirm that the behavior is exactly as expected. The CustomAction that does the slow scan is very, very unfortunate. -----Original Message----- From: Jon W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 15:22 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] vc9 mergemodule and long uninstallation times I am installing the Visual Studio 2008 (vc9) runtime libs by incorporating the vc9 mergemodule into my msi. The problem is as follows... If a user has multiple side-by-side installations and wants to uninstall an installation, then the msiexec process takes minutes when evaluating whether it can uninstall the vc9 runtime libs from the WinSxS directory. Is there a way to avoid uninstalling the mergemodule and/or avoid the long dependency checking? I would have assumed that msiexec would be able to quickly see that other installations depend upon the runtime libs, but instead it consumes minutes analyzing the uninstallation of these files. Thanks, Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
