One thing is that it looks like you're not allowing for the automatic redirection of various things such as the registry when you run 32-bit things on a 64-bit system. If your installer is 32-bit and you run it on a 64-bit system, then references to 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft' will get silently redirected to 'SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft' behind the scenes.
If the old installer was 32 bit and you new installer is 32-bit, you should just be able to create an installer as if you were targeting a 32-bit system and it will do the right thing on both 32 and 64 bit - that's the purpose of the automatic redirection system. > From: Jammer [mailto:jam...@jammer.biz] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:01 PM > > Hi Again, > > I've just created a log of my installer and it seems that > I've got some > of it work now but the last test just left me with a mangled install > that won't uninstall :( > > According to the log both of these searches found their > registry values, > which is confusing since using regedit I can only find the first > Wow6432Node key: > > <Property Id='UNINSTALL_EXE64'> > <RegistrySearch Id='LocateUninstallExe64' Type='file' Root='HKLM' > Key='SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uni > nstall\{413B7644-1F93-4890-BD40-AC540C29935B}_is1' > Name='UninstallString'> > <FileSearch Id='LocateUninstallExe64File' Name='unins000.exe' /> > </RegistrySearch> > </Property> > <Property Id='UNINSTALL_EXE32'> > <RegistrySearch Id='LocateUninstallExe32' Type='file' Root='HKLM' > Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{413B > 7644-1F93-4890-BD40-AC540C29935B}_is1' > Name='UninstallString'> > <FileSearch Id='LocateUninstallExe32File' Name='unins000.exe' /> > </RegistrySearch> > </Property> > > I'm running Win7 64 and my old app is installed into Program > Files (x86) > is this why it ran the 32bit CustomAction? > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="ca.RemovePreviousVersion64" > Before="InstallFiles">VERSIONNT64</Custom> > <Custom Action="ca.RemovePreviousVersion32" Before="InstallFiles">NOT > VERSIONNT64</Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > MSI (s) (C4:64) [19:37:29:528]: Skipping action: > ca.RemovePreviousVersion64 (condition is false) > MSI (s) (C4:64) [19:37:21:422]: Doing action: > ca.RemovePreviousVersion32 > > Pretty confused by this to be honest I tried VERSIONNT64 and > VERSIONNT > before this but both evaluated false > > Is the VERSIONNT64 actually referring to Program Files (x86) > and not the > OS version? > > Also, I think the InstallFiles is wrong as I've ended up with > only some > of the files from the MSI installer actually being installed. Or did > the time the uninstall execute after some of the MSI files > had been copied. > > Off to fix this utterly mangled install ... > > Thanks, > > James > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
