Resending
Regards
Meera
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Meera Jindal <meera.jin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using Wix version 2 in our product and at some point in the future
> we would be migrating to version 3.5/3.6.
>
> Our product is localized and for achieving localization we use Wix
> bootstrapper(setupbld.exe) to apply a language transform on top of an
> English msi.
> Hence, when the user doubleclicks a setup.exe(which contains the MSI and
> language transforms), I see two files being cached to the directory
> specified by the
> InstallSource folder(as specified by the value of registry
> key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\<GUID>
> .
> These two files are the msi and the transform file.
>
> The product installation works fine. However, after the product
> installation if the user double clicks the setup.exe again,
> a maintenance mode screen pulls up.
> If a user clicks cancel after this dialog pulls up, then the msi in the
> InstallSource folder gets deleted. This has the consequence that future
> uninstalls or repair/change from the
> Add or Remove programs fail with the error "The feature you are trying to
> use is on a network resource that is unavailable". The log messages in MSI
> log are
>
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownPatch'
> is 0
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Machine policy value 'DisableLUAPatching'
> is 0
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Using cached product context: machine
> assigned for product: BDDF47C439EE2C04ABDCCF98726286F0
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Using cached product context: machine
> assigned for product: BDDF47C439EE2C04ABDCCF98726286F0
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Machine policy value
> 'DisableFlyWeightPatching' is 0
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Enabling baseline caching for this
> transaction since all active patches are MSI 3.0 style MSPs or at least one
> MSI 3.0 minor update patch is active
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Looking for secure file transform:
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Note: 1: 2343
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Unable to create a temp copy of transform
> ''.
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Note: 1: 2203 2: 3: -2147287037
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Couldn't find cached transform . Looking
> for it at the source.
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Resolving source.
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Using cached product context: machine
> assigned for product: BDDF47C439EE2C04ABDCCF98726286F8
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Using cached product context: machine
> assigned for product: BDDF47C439EE2C04ABDCCF98726286F8
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Note: 1: 1402 2:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
> 3: 2
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: User policy value 'SearchOrder' is 'nmu'
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: User policy value 'DisableMedia' is 0
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownMedia'
> is 1
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: SOURCEMGMT: Looking for sourcelist for
> product {4C74FDDB-EE93-40C2-BACD-FC8927266898}
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Using cached product context: machine
> assigned for product: BDDF47C439EE2C04ABDCCF98726286F8
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: SOURCEMGMT: Adding
> {4C74FDDB-EE93-40C2-BACD-FC892726680F}; to potential sourcelist list
> (pcode;disk;relpath).
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Using cached product context: machine
> assigned for product: BDDF47C439EE2C04ABDCCF98726286F0
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: SOURCEMGMT: Now checking product
> {4C74FDDB-EE93-40C2-BACD-FC8927266898}
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: SOURCEMGMT: Attempting to use
> LastUsedSource from source list.
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: SOURCEMGMT: Trying source
> C:\ProgramData\Applications\Cache\.
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Note: 1: 2203 2:
> C:\ProgramData\Applications\Cache\{3983C254-9118-46FA-A63E-E71653414BFC}v4.999.2.0.msi
> 3: -2147287038
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: SOURCEMGMT: Source is invalid due to
> missing/inaccessible package.
> MSI (s) (8C:7C) [20:33:59:072]: Note: 1: 1706 2: -2147483647 3:
> {3983C254-9118-46FA-A63E-E71653414BFC}v4.999.2.0.msi
>
> However, if I enter into the maintenance mode from the change/repair tab
> in Add or Remove Programs then the cached MSI does not get deleted. We
> explicitly do not
> schedule a ResolveSource action.
>
> My questions are
>
> 1) Is there any way in which I can prevent the deletion of the cached MSI
> file in the InstallSource directory if the user were to double click the
> setup.exe to open the maintenance mode and then cancel
> the operation?
> 2) Currently the MaintainenceDlg opens if the following condition is
> satisfied(Installed AND NOT RESUME AND NOT Preselected). Can I change the
> condition so that the dialog
> does not open if the user double clicks the setup.exe, but opens if the
> user were to try it from Add or Remove Programs?
>
> Apologies for the long email
>
> Thanks a lot!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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