Coincidentally I just read this section of Robert Dickau's tips page http://www.robertdickau.com/msi_tips.html#unfix
-----Original Message----- From: Simon Gerhold [mailto:simon.gerh...@cetis.si] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:14 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed uninstall package I created a setup project with Wix Toolset, which does something like this: * install (into ProgramFiles/MyApp, Desktop shortcut, StartMenu,...) * create a folder ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder * create some files in the folder ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder * run a powershell script, which installs some COM+ components In the ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder is also a powershell script, which removes my COM+ applications (regsvcs /u). This script is executed as a custom action on uninstall. But here I made a mistake - the custom action had the attribute After="RemoveFiles" (it should of course be Before="RemoveFiles"). Now when I try to uninstall on my application, the uninstall process terminates with the exception "There is a problem with this Windows installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.". The same exception occurs if I try to install/repair/change my application... Is there any possibility to uninstall my application without the last (faulty) custom action? Or to 'overinstall' it somehow? Simon Simon Gerhold, razvojni inženir / Development Engineer Cetis d.d., Čopova 24, 3000 Celje, Slovenia - EU, T: +386 3 4278 785, F: +386 3 4278 651, www.cetis.si<http://www.cetis.si/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
