>> "only installs if the existing assembly is older then the one being installed."
Do you mean the files are older based on date/time or file version number, if it is file version then this is what WiX (or more correctly Windows Installer) does. >> "How do I make sure I don't replace new versions of assemblies which we don't produce and don't control." Again, this is default behaviour if the files have different file versions. Another option is to investigate whether you really need to install these files to System32, I have tried to move a lot of System32 files to the local application folder as this makes it much easier to control and avoid DLL hell (avoid the GAC too as that is just a different incarnation of DLL hell!). Neil -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Hughes [mailto:daniel.hug...@tait.co.nz] Sent: 12 January 2010 01:06 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Windows System Folder We are moving one of products from a old Install shield installer to a WiX installer. The old Installer installs a bunch of assemblies to the System32 folder. These assemblies are not produced by us but a required dependencies of our software. Install Shield has a replace if older type option so it checks the assemblies version and only installs if the existing assembly is older then the one being installed. When we moved to WiX there was no such option. Each assembly gets a component GUID and install shield just goes along and replaces any existing assemblies even if they are newer. This is causing problems as some of our customers are running software which relies on functionary only available in newer versions. I have heard that a way to get the correct component GUID so windows installer doesn't do bad things is to find official Merge Modules. These have proved to be hard to find and if the assembles have been copied or installed to Windows32 by some other method it will not work. How do I make sure I don't replace new versions of assemblies which we don't produce and don't control. Cheers, Daniel ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. ======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ 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
