Hi Blair, thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately it didn't seem to make any difference. The odd thing is that if I load the original msi into orca and apply the patch I can see all the (correct) modifications to the registry, so they seem to be there. But applying the patch ignores them. I've also tried turning off AllowRemoval and switching the optimisation setting in case that made a difference but without luck.
I've created a bootstrapper for the patch which manually applies the registry changes. This isn't ideal and there does seem to be a bug in the process somewhere. I can post the files if that would help. Thanks John -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@...] Subject: [WiX-users] Patch registry problem First suggestion: add "-t patch" to the torch command-line. -----Original Message----- From: John Lister [mailto:john.lis...@...] Subject: [WiX-users] Patch registry problem Hi, I've created a patch from 2 MSI files (unfortunately I don't have the original wix object files so have to use MSIs) using the following, which all seemed to go fine: msiexec /a orig\Installer.msi TARGETDIR=c:\src\patch\orig\admin msiexec /a new\Installer.msi TARGETDIR=c:\src\patch\new\admin torch -p -ax diff -xo orig\admin\Installer.msi new\admin\Installer.msi -out diff.wixout candle.exe Patch.wxs light.exe Patch.wixobj -out Patch.WixMsp pyro patch.wixmsp -out Patch.msp -t IE8 diff.wixout using the following for the patch.wxs file <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Patch AllowRemoval="yes" Manufacturer="Kickstone Technologies Ltd" MoreInfoURL="http://www.pricegoblin.co.uk/"; DisplayName="IE8 Patch" Description="IE8 Patch" Classification="Update" > <Media Id="5000" Cabinet="IE8.cab"> <PatchBaseline Id="IE8"/> </Media> <PatchFamily Id='SamplePatchFamily' Version='1.0.0' Supersede='yes'> </PatchFamily> </Patch> </Wix> The patch seems to have been created fine and seems to run fine except for one problem. One of the components changed in the patch has a number of registry entries which are also changed (it is a COM object). The patch successfully installs the new registry values, but doesn't remove the old ones. If i uninstall the product after applying the patch, the new registry values are removed as expected, but the original ones are left behind. This seems to indicate the patch partially replaced the "mappings" for the registry values in the installation. Have I missed an option or otherwise doing something else wrong, or is this unexpected behaviour indicitive of a bug Thanks for your help. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
