The cool thing is that if you always use Bundles to install your MSI packages, shared MSI packages will be correctly reference counted and only removed when the last Bundle that needs it is removed. Totally avoids all the bad behaviors.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Wesley Manning <wmann...@dynagen.ca>wrote: > If the bundle exe is uninstalled it would uninstall the msi. So you can > install the standalone msi again after. If you try to install msi after > installing bundle exe the msi will not install as the bundle already > installed it. > If you install MSI and then install bundle exe then you'll see two entries > in ARP. There are other effects too such as if you install a newer version > of the MSI with the bundle exe already installed it will upgrade the MSI. > > Not sure if this will present a problem other than aesthetics. Should > really use a MSI alone or burn alone and not mix the two. > > Wes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tomas Köhn [mailto:tomas.k...@cellavision.se] > Sent: July-23-13 6:09 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] [wix-users] Impact of installed burn? > > Thanks, > > Will this impact future installs of .msi files which has been part of > bundle before (but has been uninstalled)? > > / Tomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca] > Sent: den 22 juli 2013 14:40 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] [wix-users] Impact of installed burn? > > Users will have no way to uninstall burn package AFAIK. See > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2013/07/05/burn-zero-one-or-n/ . > > Wes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tomas Köhn [mailto:tomas.k...@cellavision.se] > Sent: July-22-13 8:20 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] [wix-users] Impact of installed burn? > > We need to support installation from both .exe and .msi (for remote > program distribution). As I understand, burn can't be used without > installing into ARP. We want the program installation to be the same from > both .exe and .msi. > > If I set DisableModify="yes" DisableRemove="yes", the bundle (burn) > application will not be visible in Program & Feature. What will be stored > in ARP and how will this impact the installed .msi? > > Regards > Tomas > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get > end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate > bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get > end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate > bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get > end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate > bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
