I am replacing a (very) old Visual Studio installer project with WiX. I've copied the UpgradeCode from the old installer and have remove existing products scheduled after install validate but I am seeing slightly odd behaviour if I upgrade from old to new and subsequently uninstall: some DLLs are not being removed. If I manually uninstall the old version before installing the new one, I don't get this problem.
The difference between these DLLs and others which are removed seems to be that the component IDs for those left behind have changed. (OK so, as I *now* understand it, that breaks component rules, however these are shared components which have already been released into the wild in other installers.) A verbose log of the upgrade install shows "SharedDllRefCount=3" for each of the DLLs in question which I guess is why they aren't subsequently removed. So the first question is, why is ref count 3 (given that the previous version has been removed)? Also I had SharedDllRefCount="yes" and, after further testing, it appears that setting it to "no" fixes the problem. The next question, then, is: is that a good idea? would it have other consequences, especially with regard to the other installers already "out there"? Thanks, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
