You can version lie, buts its usually not a good idea as the file will get replaced every time the installation is run (it's what installshield does when you click "always overwrite").
If you really need to do it then you set File@DefaultVersion to a valid file version. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Burton [mailto:kev...@buyseasons.com] Sent: 14 April 2011 14:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX force copy file. But won't that affect all files? I just want to overwrite this one file. -----Original Message----- From: maksim.vazhe...@emc.com [mailto:maksim.vazhe...@emc.com] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:40 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX force copy file. Change REINSTALLMODE property. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Burton [mailto:kev...@buyseasons.com] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:26 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX force copy file. How do I mark a file 'versioned' so it will overwrite? Of course other than inserting the <RemoveFile> as suggested by Chad Petersen. Kevin Burton Senior Software Engineer BUYSEASONS 262-901-2000 Office 262-901-2312 Fax kev...@buyseasons.com -----Original Message----- From: Umeshj [mailto:umesh_jogle...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:48 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX force copy file. Rule for unversioned files is that if a file is modified after creation then it will not be overwritten. 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