Oops :) When doing a major upgrade on Vista without any service pack the VC merge modules are uninstalled (in RemoveExistingProject) and not replaced by the new package.
This only happens on Vista (no sp) all other OS it works as expected. -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] Sent: 19 April 2011 23:14 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSVC problem on Vista (no SP) You'd perhaps get a more useful answer if you told us what the problem is. > From: Michael Tissington [mailto:michael_tissing...@ciqual.com] > > I have a problem when doing a major upgrade on Vista (no service > pack) > > My install is using both MSVC 9.0 and 10.0 merge modules. > The first time my install runs it does install MSVC without any > problems. > My upgrade package does a RemoveExistingProducts and then installs > itself. > The problem is ONLY on Vista without service pack, on XP and Windows 7 > my package works correctly. > > Is this a known issue with MSVC and Vista? > Is there a fix I can do in the install? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
