turns out it was "the" version number idiocy of msi kindly disregarding the fourth version code. the only thing baffling us is why it worked up untill recently... anyway, thanks for all the suggestions!
> Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 21:47:30 +0000 > From: Tom - <mittegetm...@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] upgrade mysteriously installs older file > version > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <bay172-w40893175f8f9827257d1eed6...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I've had this happen to me on pre-WiX projects. What was wrong in my case > is I did not up the AssemblyKeyFileVersion-attribute (or what it's called > again) in the AssemblyInfo.cs of the project for the DLL that wasn't > replaced. I'd upgrade only the AssemblyVersion, and found out the Windows > Installer does not use AssemblyVersion but it uses the > AssemblyKeyFileVersion (if that was its name.) Today, I always update both > version-attributes. I do it manually, which is a bit of a pain, and I do at > least the minor version one step up for each production release while > beta-testers are instructed to Add/Remove Programs and delete the folder > before installing a beta-version. The reason I up the minor version is I > can't remember if it's build or revision that wasn't used when looking for > what files to replace, but it does ignore one of the two, so better safe > than sorry. > > Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 19:07:17 +0200 > > From: j...@erad.com > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] upgrade mysteriously installs older file version > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The major upgrade pattern seems to be what you were trying to achieve > and > > > it's the tried and trusted way of getting what you want. > > > > > > Follow this http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm > > > > > > that's exactly what we've been doing (as sais this scheme has worked for > us > > for a couple years now without problems), but thanks anyway. > > i'll enable the verbose logging and see if we get smarter... > > > > > > > > > > > > Do not mess with reinstallmode in your bootstrapper, leave the > defaults. > > > You > > > could even use burn to replace your bootstrapper. > > > > > > Hopefully the default early scheduling of RemoveExistingProducts will > clean > > > out the previous confusion. > > > > > > If you really want to delve into the minutiae of what is going wrong > get a > > > verbose log and look at what the WI is doing on each file. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: J?zsef Kolosz?r [mailto:j...@erad.com] > > > Sent: 08 May 2013 11:51 > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [WiX-users] upgrade mysteriously installs older file version > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > it's been a while, which means wix has worked great for us for a long > time > > > now, but just recently we've hit a weird one: > > > > > > we're providing regular upgrades packaged as msi's bootstrapped in an > exe. > > > (the exe places the msi into windows temp, and invokes the lib > equivalent > > > of > > > msiexec /i blahblah.msi reinstall=all reinstallmode=vamus. (product and > > > upgrade codes are persistent across version, we change the package id - > > > there's only one package... and this has worked for years now). > > > > > > we've recently started seeing incidents (on win7 mostly), where > running the > > > installer of newer version would not replace files with the newer > versions > > > contained in the msi. details: suppose msi version 1.1 of the product > was > > > installed, which correctly deployed version 2.4 of file blahblah.exe > to the > > > program folder. trying to install version 1.2, which contains v2.5 of > > > blahblah.exe (with the proper upgrade options mentioned above), the > > > installer > > > runs (interactive ui clicked through with nexts) displays all the usual > > > (removing existing, copying new files, publishing product...), but in > the > > > end > > > the program folder still contains v2.4 of blahblah.exe. > > > - a restart does NOT help > > > - files and their versions are verified (used orca to make sure), > double > > > and > > > tripple checked. > > > - also did all tests manually (through msiexec command line), same > results. > > > - we can't pin the behavior to specific versions or specific > workstations, > > > it > > > just happens. we've reproduced by going through versions, and at some > point > > > it would just happen, not always between the same versions. > > > - even if i manually delete v2.4 exe and then run the 1.2 installer > that > > > should deploy v2.5, from some magical cache winstaller still manages to > > > conjure v2.4 instead. it's mind numbing > > > - of course manually uninstalling the older version before installing > the > > > new > > > one works, but is not an acceptable workaround (ad deployment, grumpy > > > users, > > > etc...) > > > > > > any thoughts on what could be causing this? what are we missing? where > to > > > look? > > > > > > thanks to all in advance. > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > > joe > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > > their applications. 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