On Vista+ I'm pretty sure WinSxS is the same (the SxS store is the same). I don't think we see many issues with WinSxS because not many people used it. CRT was the biggest customer and they pushed their MSI redist of the MSM redist pretty hard so the issue was generally avoided.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Christopher Painter < chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote: > Does the same apply to an unmanaged service ( or a managed service with an > unmanaged reference ) having a dependency on a file in WinSXS? I'm > assuming > so but haven't had that situation come up. > > It might not be a problem though. I know in the case of the GAC, MSI uses > Fusion which doesn't support transactional installations and hence why the > copy > is delayed until Commit execution but I'm not sure what > MsiPublishAssemblies > uses under the covers when dealing with WinSXS. > > --- > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 5:18:46 AM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Unmanaged c++ window service installation > > There is one thing to watch out for; if a .Net service relies on file in > the GAC > then you won't be able to start it in the install as the GAC components > aren't > registered at a point where the start service code runs. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Turek [mailto:turekm...@hotmail.com] > Sent: 12 February 2011 23:41 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Unmanaged c++ window service installation > > Thank You. That would make sense. If .net service installer is out of the > picture then SCM is all what matters and then service is a service. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Painter > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 5:21 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Unmanaged c++ window service installation > > That's a bit of a trick question because it assumes one should use custom > actions in the first place. I always use the built-in standard actions as > encapsulated by the WiX elements ServiceInstall and ServiceControl. > > A service is a service is a service. The Service Control Manager has an > API and > it makes no difference if you are using C, C++, C# other then the > differences in > how each of those languages interact with that API. In .NET is't the > ServiceBase class that helps hide a lot of these details. > > I suggest not using the custom action and read the following: > > http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2006/07/msi-vs-net.html > > > http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2011/01/augmenting-installshield-using-windows_19.html > > > > --- > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, > know > a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mark Turek <turekm...@hotmail.com> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Sat, February 12, 2011 5:01:52 PM > Subject: [WiX-users] Unmanaged c++ window service installation > > 1. Is there any difference between installing managed windows services > versus > unmanaged ones using standard custom actions? > 2. 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