I'm using the standard WiX Toolset for everything so yes I'm using WiX Standard Bootstrapper Application (WiXStdBA).
The original media is available and cached by default because my workaround is to manually go into the Control Panel, Programs and Features and repair the entire installed version 1 bootstrapper to have the lost files of version 1 a.msi reinstalled. The bootstrapper should uninstall/rollback new versions and then repair/reinstall old versions for each chain element but isn't. This is easily repeatable with 2 simple MSI's and 1 simple bootstrapper bundling them. -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:51 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper multiple MSI’s don’t rollback to a working installed state The A msi was successfully upgraded though. The issue is there are 2 installer transactions that are run in sequence. The first works, the second fails. It gets difficult to roll back the bundle, because it would need to reinstall the previous bundle if the upgrade failed. What if the original media is no longer available? Just a guess, but I am betting this is a known issue that just hasn't been solved. The engine strongly tries to make no assumptions, so there may be a notification that a custom BA could get to reinstall the old version. (I haven't setup a test case to try to verify this.) Are you using WixStdBA or your own custom BA? -----Original Message----- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:36 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper multiple MSI’s don’t rollback to a working installed state How is the MajorUpgrade element scheduled in your MSI? By default it is "afterInstallValidate", which does not bring back the old version if there is a rollback. See the documentation at http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_majorupgrade.htm. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Bootstrapper-multiple-MSI-s-don-t-rollback-to-a-working-installed-state-tp7586867p7586868.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
