New variant today, the uninstall was run twice by burn. -----Original Message----- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: 12 December 2012 22:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn: upgrades
Still really struggling to understand this and the more I look the more I think something odd is happening burn. This is the problem: When I run an install created with burn that upgrades an existing install I see that burn runs the new MSI install and then the old MSI uninstall. This only happens for one of four MSIs in the package which were all authored by me in the same way. If I run the MSI outside of burn it does the upgrade and everything looks ok, there is only one entry in ARP programs and the HKCR\Installer registry looks ok. Even running it with burn what is left on the machine after the upgrade is correct and the only reason I notice it is that as part of my uninstall process I stop a tray application running; so with this problem the tray application is not running after the install. I can probably live with this but would really like to understand why burn thinks my application has not upgraded and needs to run the uninstall. In some cases the uninstall phase detects a reboot is required but burn doesn't reflect this in the UI and when you click close the machine reboots without warning. So my question is how does burn detect that an MSI hasn't upgraded and it is necessary to launch another instance to do the uninstall? Any other insights in to this problem would be greatly appreciated. I would also ask you check your logs and see if you are getting the same problem; the key is that there are two log files from the main burn package. Regards Neil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
