I am running into difficulty making an installer support major
upgrades. My installer has a CustomAction that installs DirectX. When
installing a newer version of the product, during CostFinalize(!),
Windows Installer decides not to install the components that contain
DXSETUP.EXE and dsetup32.dll:
Disallowing installation of component: {67628ECC-9735-503B-9EC1-148280D3BE95}
since the same component with higher versioned keyfile exists
Disallowing installation of component: {83BFB124-42B3-5F67-8801-9D73B55EC4A9}
since the same component with higher versioned keyfile exists
By the time it comes to run the action that installs DirectX, the files
no longer exist and the installation fails:
DEBUG: Error 2753: The File 'directx_redist_DXSETUP.exe_f' is not marked for
installation.
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package.
This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2753. The
arguments are: directx_redist_DXSETUP.exe_f, ,
MSI (s) (48:64) [15:14:36:309]: Product: Fate of the World -- The installer
has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate
a problem with this package. The error code is 2753. The arguments are:
directx_redist_DXSETUP.exe_f, ,
I am puzzled for the following reasons:
1. The error message says that 'the same component with higher versioned
keyfile exists', but this is not the case. The files installed by
both versions of the product are identical. Is the error message
correct, or does it really mean 'with equal or higher versioned
keyfile'?
2. If I'm reading the log correctly, the InstallDirectX action is being
run before any of the new versions' files have been copied into
place. The target installation directory is empty if I look for it
while the installer is displaying the 'error 2753' dialog box.
I'm uploading the relevant bits of the installer source, and the log
file produced from a failed installation to
<http://albion.red-redemption.com/~sam/wix>. I'd be grateful if someone
could take a look.
Regards,
--
Sam Morris
Red Redemption
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