This is very confusing. Your log of the error appears to be about your earlier custom action , command: /c RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files\ultac" , not your new VBScript.
It's still true that on UAC systems an immediate custom action will run with limited user privilege even if your are administrator, and not be able to remove anything in the Program Files folder. And if WiX RemoveFolder wasn't working because the folder contained some files, that's what the WiX RemoveFile element is for. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: sagar shinde [mailto:sagar.i...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 2:41 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Hi, Thanks for replay,I got one solution to delete Folders WiX RemoveFolder was unable to delete folders as it was containing user data. So i was trying to delete that folder with cmd which was failing to delete folders so i created property with VBScript and folders are deleted successfully This is code for property ____________________________________________________________________________________________ <Property Id="vbscript"> <![CDATA[ Function main() strFolderPath = Session.Property("VERSIONPATH") Set fso=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") if fso.FolderExists(strFolderPath) Then fields = Split(strFolderPath,"\") For i = 0 To UBound(fields)-1 if i < UBound(fields)-1 then FolderPath=FolderPath & fields(i) & "\\" else FolderPath=FolderPath & fields(i) End if Next fso.DeleteFolder FolderPath else msgbox "Folder not deleted " End if End Function ]]> </Property> ____________________________________________________________________________________________ And called this *property in custom action* <CustomAction Id ="DeleteFolder" VBScriptCall="main" Property="vbscript"></CustomAction> ____________________________________________________________________________________________ *This was my earlier custom action by which i was trying to delete folders* <CustomAction Id="DeleteUBFolder" BinaryKey="cmdexe" ExeCommand='/c RD /S /Q "[VERSIONPATH]"' Execute="immediate" Return="check" /> this custom action is working fine with 32 bit Os but it is faling in 64 bit Os This is Error i am getting There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: DeleteFolder, location: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIE2A4.tmp, command: /c RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files\ultac" DeleteFolder. Return value 3. INSTALL. Return value 3. Error code 3 :- is for invalid path If i am doing any thing wrong in this custom action plese sugget me the correct way to do it ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@invensys.com>wrote: > You're getting an error, you say. What is the error? > > The folder you're trying to remove, exactly what is this folder. There's an > obvious explanation in a couple of areas. First, it's a 64-bit path in a > folder that's not the same as a 32-bit system. Or your 64-bit system is a > UAC system and your immediate custom just doesn't have the rights to remove > the folder. > > The right way to do this has been pointed out, WiX RemoveFolder. If that > didn't work, that was the time to ask questions about it. Why go off in the > wrong direction and then ask how to make that work? > > Phil Wilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: sagar shinde [mailto:sagar.i...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 11:49 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action > > Hi, > thanks for reply. > I tried to use remove folder in my wix code but it doesn't seems working, > and i am calling this custom action at the end of all task in uninstall > time, > so all the folders are empty and need to be deleted. > i tried to call custom action with cmd which is working properly in my > 32bit > code, > but i am getting error when me using same cmd in 64 bit code is there any > other way > to call that cmd in 64bit installer. > > Thank you. > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > wrote: > > > If cmd.exe returns anything but zero that will be treated as an error. > This > > is a really bad way to remove a directory, by the way. There is no > > rollback, > > for one. > > > > The RemoveFoldersEx in http://wixcontrib.codeplex.com would be better. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:50 AM, sagar shinde <sagar.i...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Thank you for reply, > > > But still its not working. > > > > > > i have same custome action in my another MSI which is made for 32bit > > > machine,and it works fine. > > > > > > is it issue of Solution configuration is Debug and Solution platform is > > x64 > > > > > > as MSI is made for 64bit machine > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Nick Ramirez <nickra...@hotmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In the log, does it give a specific error code after the part where > it > > > says > > > > it's returning a status of 3? Oftentimes it will and you can use that > > to > > > > look up its meaning. > > > > > > > > I noticed that you're running this custom action as "immediate". If > > > you're > > > > deleting files, should it come during the deferred stage? That way it > > can > > > > be > > > > rolled back if there's a failure. > > > > > > > > If the folder is empty at the time you're trying to delete it, could > > you > > > > use > > > > the WiX element RemoveFolder? > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > Nick Ramirez > > > > > > > > Learn WiX with the book: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.packtpub.com/wix-a-developers-guide-to-windows-installer-xml/book > > > > WiX: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML > > > > -- > > > > View this message in context: > > > > > > > > > > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Custom-Action-tp5677972p5682719.html > > > > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > > > > contest > > > > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and > > > Canada > > > > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > > > > marketing > > > > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi > > Store > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > > > contest > > > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and > > Canada > > > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > > > marketing > > > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi > Store > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > > contest > > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and > Canada > > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > > marketing > > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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