> On pre-Vista (pre MSI 4.0) the ServiceControl entries aren't considered for > files-in-use situations. On Restart Manager systems with MSI 4.0 and above, > it does look at the ServiceControl table but there have been some reports > that it doesn't work with every entry in the ServiceControl table and may be > unreliable.
Are you saying that I don't really have a way to do this? I mean the user will have to either stop manually the service before an uninstall/upgrade or to reboot the machine after an uninstall/upgrade? Thx, Viv On 3/26/2010 4:17 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > On pre-Vista (pre MSI 4.0) the ServiceControl entries aren't considered for > files-in-use situations. On Restart Manager systems with MSI 4.0 and above, > it does look at the ServiceControl table but there have been some reports > that it doesn't work with every entry in the ServiceControl table and may be > unreliable. > > Start on install and stop on install? It does both. There is a StopServices > action early in the execute sequence that stops services. Later on (after > files have been installed/replaced) there's a StartServices action. > > Phil Wilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Viv coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:12 AM > To: WiX > Subject: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall > > > Hi, > > > > My installer besides my application installs also a service which is the > "babysitter" for my application, eg takes care to restart my application if > it crashes. When I want to uninstall everything I get the error message: "The > setup must update files or services that cannot be updated while the system > is running. If you choose to continue, a reboot will be required to complete > the setup.". If I manually stop the service before running the uninstaller I > don't get this msg. But I actually "told" the uninstaller to stop the > service on uninstall: > > > > [code] > <ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceForTest' Start='install' > Stop='uninstall' Remove='uninstall'/> > [/code] > > > > 1) How can I get rid of this problem? I don't want to get the mesasage with > reboot the system as the uninstaller should be itself able to stop de service > and then to do the uninstall. > > > 2) And related to services: what happens if I have: > > > > [code] > <ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceForTest' Start='install' > Stop='install' Remove='uninstall'/> > [/code] > > > > the translation would be: start on install, stop on install. Which one is it > then? > > > > TIA, > Viv > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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