I'm seeing an issue where the installer is occasionally leaving behind empty folders even though the log reports that they are being deleted.
I have some shortcuts on the Start Menu, For each folder there is a component containing a RemoveFolder item, and the component for each shortcut also contains a CreateFolder item. In the log I see this: MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:37:934]: Counted 3 foreign folders to be removed. MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:37:934]: Removing child folder of C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\ (child: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\) MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:37:934]: Removing child folder of C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\ (child: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\folder3\) MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:37:934]: Removing foreign folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\folder3\ MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:37:934]: Removing foreign folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\ MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:37:934]: Removing foreign folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\ and then later, this: MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:38:826]: Executing op: FolderRemove(Folder=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\folder3\,Foreign=1) MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:38:827]: Executing op: FolderRemove(Folder=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\,Foreign=1) MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:38:828]: Executing op: FolderRemove(Folder=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\,Foreign=1) which is then shortly followed by multiple entries like this: MSI (s) (14:E0) [19:16:38:866]: Executing op: FolderRemove(Folder=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\folder3\,Foreign=0) There would appears to be one for each shortcut in that folder. Despite this, C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\folder1\folder2\ is sometimes left behind with no contents. It doesn't appear to be in use (no errors in the log and I can delete it manually), and it does not get removed after a reboot. Does anyone have any insight why these folders are sometimes left behind, despite the RemoveFolder items? Thanks, Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
