Bob Arnson wrote: > Tom Kazimiers wrote: > >> my MSI installer is made with WiX 3 and I wonder if there is a >> possibility to uninstall the current installation (if any) of the >> product and then installing the new one? >> I am asking since I don't want to do a major upgrade every time I do a >> >> > > What you describe *is* a major upgrade. See, for example, > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/ and > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/29/neither-more-nor-less/. You can > minimize the amount of work it does by choosing a late scheduling for > RemoveExistingProducts (see the MSI SDK for choices). > > Bob, thank you very much for the hint and the links. Indeed, I thought major upgrades have to go along with changing the major version number - well, as I read on the pages you linked, this is not true and I can realize exactly what I want :)
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