See my post earlier this week (http://n2.nabble.com/correct-upgrade-table-td4876031.html) showing the solution I've come up with to prevent the user from installing different 'builds' of the same product.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Viv Coco <vcotirl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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
