"repair" cannot be disabled in Windows Installer due to the way it is put together. The best you can hope for is to reject an attempt to repair with an error message directing the user to remove-the-reinstall.
-----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:42 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup... Ooops! I replied directly rather than to the list... We've just never seen a need to support repair. That entails extensive testing by an already over-worked QA staff. All of our configuration information is in databases and we never remove databases during upgrade and/or uninstalls. So, if something really needs to be "fixed" just uninstall/install. I know that I personally never, ever do a repair. It just scares me and I don't trust it. Way too many "what ifs". On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Sascha Beaumont <sascha.beaum...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tony, I'm echoing Phil and Blair here.. > > Phil wrote: >>> What is the problem that you believe disabling repair will solve? > > Blair wrote: >>> If you have custom actions or other issues that break when repair is run, >>> you should seek to fix those instead of disabling repair > > You shouldn't have to "support" repair, if repairing your installation > breaks something then you're probably doing something wrong and you > should be fixing the underlying issue rather than preventing repair. > > Custom Actions aside, try to think of your MSI as a description of how > the system should look. When the system doesn't match the MSI, a > repair is initiated. If you want an xcopy type setup, there are > alternatives. > > > Sascha > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Tony <yellowjacketl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> We never patch, so that won't be an issue. Thanks for the suggestion >> regarding admin installs. >> >> In the past we have never really supported repair either. So, we >> strive to prevent it from being triggered. We always use the >> ARPNOREPAIR, but the question of "automated" repair came up and we >> noticed it is still possible to trigger a repair action via that >> mechanism. We are trying to prevent repair not abort it as I might >> have suggested above. >> >> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: >>> You could simply drop the AdminExecuteSequence (and AdminUISequence) tables. >>> That would prevent administrative installations. I also echo the question of >>> why. >>> >>> Disabling repair is a bigger "why?". >>> >>> If you are referring to the Repair button in the "Programs and Features" >>> window just add the ARPNOREPAIR property <Property Id="ARPNOREPAIR" >>> Value="1"/> to your <Product> element. That will still allow triggered >>> repairs based on broken installs as well as patching and non-major upgrades, >>> but I personally prefer to see products that allow Repair from the Programs >>> and Features window. >>> >>> If you have custom actions or other issues that break when repair is run, >>> you should seek to fix those instead of disabling repair. Those issues >>> aren't just "repair" issues, they are also upgrade issues (and possibly even >>> remove issues) that should never be shipped until you fix them. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:49 PM >>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup... >>> >>> I'm not too familiar with Administrative installs, but I would assume >>> you could condition something in the AdminExecuteSequence and >>> AdminUISequence to abort the install. >>> >>> Aborting if a repair is triggered sounds like a very strange request, >>> what if your KeyPaths are damaged and you have advertised shortcuts? >>> Windows Installer can no longer repair them and your app would likely >>> fail to launch. The 'repair' functionality of Windows Installer is >>> part of why you would choose to use MSI in the first place. If you're >>> trying to bypass the resiliency features then maybe a non-MSI setup >>> would be a better choice. >>> >>> Sascha >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Tony <yellowjacketl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Is there some way we can "disable" (abort install action) if someone >>>> were to launch our msi with the /a (administrative install) or /f >>>> (repair) options? We can hide the actions in the UI, but when >>>> launched via command-line they can still occur, we'd like to disable >>>> them for now. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tony >>>> >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and >>> easy >>>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> WiX-users mailing list >>>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy >>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy >>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tony >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy >> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Tony ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
