Yeah, I thought the only workaround would to be to use a bootstrapper...guess I need to look into those and see what works. Let me know if you have any suggestions or preferences.
Thank you, Jon On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Bryan Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
