I don't know what in Burn would lock existing files. Burn is very self-contained and only uses files it carries with it, although a custom BA can do anything. If you haven't already, I'd recommend using Process Monitor to see if what locks your files when they are trying to be removed. I'd be very surprised if it was anything in the Burn process.
The order you are seeing in Burn is expected. There are some details here: https://support.firegiant.com/entries/24024208-Bundle-chain-execution-order- Note: Burn will not install or uninstall packages that are not explicitly listed in the Chain today. However, a package in your chain may upgrade an existing package on the machine during install. Note2: Very screwy that a package would be detected per-user when it is really per-machine. That would be something to investigate further. On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Alain Forget <afor...@cmu.edu> wrote: > I know about those, but how do I use them to prevent Burn from locking the > existing files before it runs the installer package to MajorUpgrade? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] > Sent: June 30, 2013 20:54 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade uninstall restart issue > > Maybe this blog would be helpful: > > http://code.dblock.org/msi-property-patterns-upgrading-firstinstall-and-maintenance > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Upgrade-uninstall-restart-issue-tp7586315p7587020.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
