Bad bad bad bad bad... Rob put together a good post explaining why it's so nasty... http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2009/3/6/More-on-Haacks-Troubleshooting-Windows-MSI-Installers
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Johann Taferl, T-AU <johann.taf...@tecan.com> wrote: > Hi, > > try using the "windows installer clean up" to delete the entry in your > software list. > > Luck, > Johann > _____________________________________________________________ > > FN: 53380 a; Landesgericht Salzburg; DVR-Nr: 0684317 > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > This message is intended for the named addressee(s) only. It may > contain privileged and confidential information. Any disclosure, > copying or distribution of this message is prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy > this message and notify us immediately. > Thank you for your cooperation. > -----Original Message----- > From: Viv Coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Mittwoch, 14. April 2010 10:13 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall problems > > I got into this problem once when I did the following: > 1) Create MyInstaller.msi Version X.X.X > 2) Use this installer to install my product > 3) Create again the MyInstaller.msi Version X.X.X, meaning a new rebuild > of the msi but with the same version and different Product GUID and > Package GUID as in the code I have for both Id="*" > 4) Run this second installer on my system and expecting an upgrade > > In the end, instead of an update, I got 2 entries of my application in > Control Panel. I uninstalled the "first" one (the one I installed > first), my application was gone from my system, but the second entry was > still there in Control Panel. When I was trying to remove the second > entry I got an error. I was able to actually remove it by running again > the same .msi, the one created in step 3 above. > > hth, > Viv > > On 4/13/2010 3:04 PM, Jeffrey Bindinga wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm having problems with a wix create Installer. >> My Uninstall fails. If I uninstall it says that the uninstall completed >> successfully (both the GUI and the msi logfiles). My features are >> uninstalled, but my application is still in the software list and I can't >> install the application again because it's still installed. >> >> Where should I be looking in this case? >> >> Thanks, >> Jeffrey Bindinga >> CyberTech B.V. >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
