If instead of releasing an MSI you build and release a removable MSP, the removal of that MSP will restore the files. Assuming you can do that, it is likely the easiest way.
If you have followed the component rules and your current servicepack MSI is a good candidate for being a minor upgrade MSI, that should be straightforward to accomplish. -----Original Message----- From: Bala Ganesh [mailto:balaganes...@myadrenalin.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:54 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restore set of files on uninstall. We had our product msi, which already shipped and installed in various client places. Now we are releasing Servicepack to them. In this servicepack we have modified some of our product dll's and this has to be copied and overwrite in the installation path. Suppose the servicepack is uninstalled, at the time I have to replace the new dll's (servicepack dll's) with the old one(installed by our product msi). Now my question is how to achieve this??? ... shall i include the product dll(old one which is to be replaced when servicepack uninstal) into my service pack? If so how to overwrite the file on uninstall? Bala Ganesh, G. Senior Systems Engineer, Contact :- 9841403532 -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:40 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restore set of files on uninstall. Those overwritten DLL files, where did they come from? Another MSI? -----Original Message----- From: Bala Ganesh [mailto:balaganes...@myadrenalin.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:01 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restore set of files on uninstall. ServicePack not yet shipped. Servicepack MSI just overwrite some (.dll) files, so while uninstall I have to restore all the overwrited dll with the old one. Bala Ganesh, G. Senior Systems Engineer, Contact :- 9841403532 -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:18 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restore set of files on uninstall. What is the source of the files your servicepack MSI replaced? Did your servicepack MSI remove that previous product(s) or simply overwrite their files? Has your servicepack MSI already been shipped? -----Original Message----- From: Bala Ganesh [mailto:balaganes...@myadrenalin.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:35 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Restore set of files on uninstall. I have to restore some set of files on uninstall of my servicepack msi. How can I achieve this.?? Thanks, Bala Ganesh, G. 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