1. That is a very poor app design for installation. A few cases that are 
going to just be painful to get right declaratively. For example, what 
do you do on repair? Ick.

Installation Tenet: don't let people modify the files that you install.

2. Why not do a FileSearch and Condition out the Component that installs 
the header if it finds it is already there.

David Bartmess wrote:
> I'm trying to create an install that can check if the file being installed 
> already exists, and not install over the top of the existing file. The reason 
> is the customers are customizing their website that we install with a custom 
> header GIF file, and every time we install we have to manually copy from a 
> backup of the file over the newly installed default file.
>
> Is this possible? Or do I need to write a custom action to copy the file 
> somewhere else, then copy it back over the newly installed file?
>
> Thanks!
>
> <Directory Id="dir_WebUI_img_branding_default_logo_7" Name="logo">
>
> <Component Id="comp_WebUI_93" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" 
> Guid="128474CB-A2F2-4203-94CD-434DA75F9925">
>
> <File Id="file_WebUI_93" Name="header.gif" 
> Source="WebUI\img\branding\default\logo\header.gif" />
>
> </Component>
>
> </Directory>
>
>
>
> David Bartmess
>
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