I'd also recommend using the MajorUpgrade element to upgrade your MSIs. That's the "proper" way to upgrade. <smile/>
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Alec Swan <alecs...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are spot on! We were using NullSoft product. I just closed the thread. > > Thanks! > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcli...@sdl.com> > wrote: > > An MSI installer will always have the product code GUID in the key, > exactly > > as you have there. Were you using InstallShield or something before ? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alec Swan [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com] > > Sent: 23 August 2012 16:34 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UnistallString is not written in > > Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ registry key > > > > Actually, I just found that > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5D6E0 > > 940-C1EB-4C60-8A36-54D6BCCF5C02} > > contains an UninstallString for our product. Now I have to track down > how we > > ended up with a GUID in this reg key because it used to be the name of > our > > product. > > > > I am new to all this and appreciate any help with this. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alec > > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Alec Swan <alecs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We can still uninstall the product from Add/Remove Programs but there > >> is no entry for our product under > >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall > >> reg key. Is it possible UninstallString is written in some other > >> registry location? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Alec > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe < > pshirtcli...@sdl.com> > > wrote: > >>> Sounds like an strange design. Normally you'd make a major upgrade to > >>> remove the old version automatically and replace it with the new one. > >>> Any data that needs preserving is probably configuration or user data > >>> and should be handled by the application rather than the installer. > >>> The normal way to uninstall is via Add/Remove Programs (Programs And > >>> Features) but you can make a shortcut as shown in > >>> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2007/4/27/How-to-create-an-uninsta > >>> ll-short > >>> cut-and-pass-all-the > >>> > >>> Have you set ARPNOREMOVE ? That would suppress the uninstall string. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Alec Swan [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: 23 August 2012 15:22 > >>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UnistallString is not written in > >>> Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ registry key > >>> > >>> We use UninstallString to run the uninstaller when the product is > >>> updated in place. > >>> > >>> So, when the user runs our installer the installer looks for > >>> UninstallString reg key and if found the installer asks if user wants > >>> to wipe out previous product version's data or try to preserve it and > >>> then runs the uninstaller passing user's answer as a command-line > > parameter. > >>> > >>> Are we doing this wrong? How else can we find the path to the > >>> uninstaller of the product version installed on user's machine? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Alec > >>> > >>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe > >>> <pshirtcli...@sdl.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> Windows Installer itself writes the value. > >>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372105%28v=VS.85%29.aspx > >>>> However, the uninstall string is not used by Windows Installer so > >>>> does it matter that it wasn't written ? > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Alec Swan [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com] > >>>> Sent: 23 August 2012 00:23 > >>>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >>>> Subject: [WiX-users] UnistallString is not written in > >>>> Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ registry key > >>>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> I am trying to track down why our installer generated using Wix 3.0 > >>>> stopped writing the UninstallString value in > >>>> Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ registry key. > >>>> At some point we must have changed some code that broke this behavior. > >>>> > >>>> Where should I start troubleshooting this? 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