Repair is feature based, so a feature that has a repair entrypoint (like an advertised shortcut) will repair when the shortcut is used. If the file that doesn't restore is in another feature, then it won't repair until an entrypoint in that other feature is used, or you do a right-click Repair on the MSI file. Does that explain what you're seeing?
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Luciana Istoc [mailto:istoc_luci...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:40 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Automatic files reinstallation after their manual removal Hi, Could you please give me a confirmation, if I understood correctly the next behavior? If I delete a file (let's say file1.dll) from the installation directory and after that I start the application (the exe file), the installer gets into action and reinstalls file1.dll. If I do the same with another file (file2.dll), then the installer does not reinstall file2.dll. Both files are Key Paths in their components, but the difference between them is that file1.dll is KeyPath for a component which is contained by a feature which has the attribute Absent='disallow'.The parent feature of the other component (of file2.dll) does not have this attribute set. Is this the reason for the behavior I described? The features set with the flag 'disallow' cannot be deleted from the installation directory (or at least the KeyPaths of their components cannot be removed)? Thank you, Luciana ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
