Same suggestion, different "user profile".  <smile/>  Honestly, I'd just do 
this upgrade logic on "first boot" of the application/service.  Otherwise, read 
the existing value to overwrite the default Property in the MSI and always 
write the right value into the config file.  The problem is getting it so that 
the right thing happens on repair and patch... much easier to just do on "first 
boot".

-----Original Message-----
From: Krause, Henning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 13:38
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade - Copy Files during setup

Hi Rob,

> Might work.  A better design though is to put the user customizable
> stuff in a separate directory in the user's profile and have the
> defaults installed with your application.  That way you don't have to
> handle this complicated upgrade mechanics in your install.

For a desktop application, I would agree. But this is a Windows Service, so
it's not really user dependent. There is only one configuration, which needs
to be preserved during upgrades.

Kind regards,
Henning Krause

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