Hi,
thans for the hint, with the verbose logging (I guess "/lvx!
install.log" for msiexec will do it?). The files get installed in the
correct directory (namely that one the user chooses in the install
settings dialog). The variable saving this location is named
INSTALLLOCATION. I use it in the following structure:
<!--Directory Structure-->
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <!-- virtual folder,
must be outermost-->
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="MyAppName">
...content of my folder...
And I set the the following WiX variable:
<!--Userinterface properties-->
<Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value='TARGETDIR' />
I tryed that one with INSTALLLOCATION, too, but it did not change anything.
Well, the install log says the following about INSTALLLOCATION:
...
MSI (c) (E0:88) [15:54:53:011]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLLOCATION
property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\MyAppName\'.
...
MSI (s) (FC:78) [16:09:16:756]: Dir (target): Key: TARGETDIR ,
Object: E:\
...
MSI (c) (E0:88) [15:54:53:081]: Dir (target): Key: INSTALLLOCATION ,
Object: C:\Program Files\MyAppName\
...
MSI (c) (E0:88) [15:54:58:730]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding _BrowseProperty
property. Its value is 'INSTALLLOCATION'.
...
MSI (c) (E0:88) [15:55:01:383]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying
INSTALLLOCATION property. Its current value is 'C:\Program
Files\MyAppName\'. Its new value: 'E:\Program Files\MyAppName\'.
...
MSI (c) (E0:88) [15:55:03:186]: Switching to server: ...
INSTALLLOCATION="E:\Program Files\MyAppName\" TARGETDIR="E:\" ...
ROOTDRIVE="E:\"
...
[and some more locations, but erverywhere it is like it should be]
Now, if I uninstall with the same MSI the GUI works without any problem
(beside that somehow a small font is set) and the following occurences
are in the log:
...
MSI (s) (FC:78) [16:09:16:709]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding INSTALLLOCATION
property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\MyAppName\'.
...
MSI (s) (FC:78) [16:09:16:779]: Dir (target): Key: INSTALLLOCATION ,
Object: C:\Program Files\MyAppName\
...
MSI (s) (FC:78) [16:09:19:069]: Executing op:
SetTargetFolder(Folder=C:\Program Files\MyAppName\)
MSI (s) (FC:78) [16:09:19:079]: Executing op:
FileRemove(,FileName=MyAppName.exe,,ComponentId={07F89156-0254-4C41-AC90-282090205D32})
...
MSI (s) (FC:78) [16:09:18:506]: Executing op:
RegRemoveValue(,Value=[INSTALLLOCATION]MyAppName.exe,0,)
Clearly, the FileRemove can not work out since INSTALLLOCATION is set to
the wrong value. But how comes that there is not the right value in it?
Have I to tell MSI that to save it?
One solution would be to save the INSTALLLOCATION in the registry (in
fact, I to this already) and read it in on uninstall and replace
INSTALLLOCATION. But I would not like to do this, since this value could
be changed and get missed (or sth.) - It would be gread if you Chris, or
someone else, has a hint for me.
Thanks ain advance,
Tom
Chris Lord wrote:
> Tom,
>
> I do not know. I have never had any problems with the cache but then
> again the installers I have built aren't exactly complicated!
>
> However, first place I would look is to run an install on a fresh
> machine with verbose logging and see if the files are being installed to
> the directory you expect.
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Kazimiers [mailto:2voo...@gmx.de]
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 17:11
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Problem if installed on non system
> partition
>
> Chris,
>
> thanks for the hint with the MSI log. I looked into it and found
> something odd:
> The INSTALLLOCATION-Directory property has another value then where the
> application is installed. This is strange since it is declared as the
> base directory in the setup sources and not modified anywhere else.
>
> Coulds this have something to do with MSI caching?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> Chris Lord wrote:
>
>> Tom
>>
>> For files your installer places on the hard disk, the uninstall should
>>
>
>
>> remove them automatically unless they are still in use. There should
>> be no need for you to manually remove these files. Directories are a
>> different matter as the uninstall will not remove it if the directory
>> is not empty. This typically happens if the application generates its
>>
>
>
>> own files when running. The uninstaller does not know anything about
>> them and thus leaves both the files and the directory intact.
>>
>> Run the uninstall from the command line using msiexec to get a verbose
>>
>
>
>> log and see what the log says. It should give you a clue why the
>> files are not removed.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Kazimiers [mailto:2voo...@gmx.de]
>> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 04:07
>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>> Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall Problem if installed on non system
>> partition
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> the installer I use is written with WiX 3 and everything works, except
>>
>
>
>> one little problem with the uninstallation process. If I don't change
>> the default install location (which is on the system partition of
>> Windows) everything works as expected (everything gets removed on an
>> uninstall). But if I use a different install location only some files
>> get removed (in fact, only some sub folders with their content). Files
>>
>
>
>> that lie directly in the install location folder do not get removed.
>>
>> Has anyone experienced such a problem before? If I compare both
>> component declarations in the wix source, I see no fundamental
>> differences that could cause this.
>>
>> In other installers where sometimes <RemoveFile> and <RemoveDirectory>
>>
>
>
>> tags used.
>> When are they needed and when not?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Tom
>>
>>
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