Actually there's not much difference as you get to the same place anyway. A version of the MSI in your cache that doesn't have the error and can be upgraded.
The issue you might run into with modifying your package and doing a minor upgrade is that if you sign your MSIs you won't just be able to edit it directly. The cached MSI is less likely to be signed although that does depend a lot on how your package is put together. From my own experience, our packages are signed by the build (so can't just be edited using orca) but the cached ones have the file payload stripped and so are not signed. Your mileage may vary. If this made it into the wild then you would need to issue either a patch. Going the minor upgrade route is probably not going to scale very well if you have multiple versions with this error in the wild as major upgrades as you would need to make sure each customer got the correct "fixed" package for their version. A patch gives you that validation very cheaply and can target multiple versions as well, not to mention the fact that it's a lot smaller so it can be downloaded easier. However it doesn't sound as if any instance of the error made it into the wild so it's all OK. On Aug 29, 2013 12:24 AM, "Hoover, Jacob" <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com> wrote: > +1 for fixing your source msi an recaching the msi. I wouldn't recommend > modifying the cached version, especially if this bug made it into the wild. > > > On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:18 AM, "Simon Gerhold" <simon.gerh...@cetis.si> > wrote: > > > Thanks, good to know :) > > > > 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 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) [mailto:bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:21 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed > uninstall package > > > > 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. 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