thanks for the affirmation. I will try this out.. but where should I schedule the custom action to copy? (I'm assuming it will be a copyfile custom action.. am i right? Here's my wxs file in case you want to see where I'm scheduling the upgrade in majorupgrade, and where my custom actions are being scheduled.. please let me know where i should schedule this copyfile..
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"> <Product Id="*" Name="SolidFire Hardware Provider" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="SolidFire" UpgradeCode="0c60967f-f184-4b8b-a96a-b1caa4a8879e"> <Package Id="*" InstallerVersion="405" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" /> <Condition Message= "You need to be an administrator to install this product."> Privileged </Condition> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." Schedule="afterInstallInitialize"/> <MediaTemplate EmbedCab='yes'/> <PropertyRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK35"/> <Condition Message ="This application installs only on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2"> </Condition> <Condition Message="This application requires .NET Framework 3.5. Please install the .NET Framework then run this installer again."> </Condition> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="InstallProvider" Level="1"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" /> </Feature> <Feature Id="VCRedistcrt" Title="Visual C++ Runtime" AllowAdvertise="no" Display="hidden" Level="1"> <MergeRef Id="VCRedistcrt"/> </Feature> <Feature Id="VCRedist" Title="Visual C++ Runtime" AllowAdvertise="no" Display="hidden" Level="1"> <MergeRef Id="VCRedistatl"/> </Feature> <UI> <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchApplication">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 and NOT Installed</Publish> </UI> <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER" ></Property> <Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT" Value="Launch Config Utility" /> <Property Id="WixShellExecTarget" Value="[#configutility]" /> <CustomAction Id="LaunchApplication" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" Impersonate="yes" /> <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir"/> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="RunInstallScript" After="InstallFiles" >NOT Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='BeforeUninstall' Before='RemoveFiles'>Installed AND (NOT REINSTALL)</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> <CustomAction Id="RunInstallScript" ExeCommand="cmd /c install-solidfireprovider.cmd > install.log" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore"/> <CustomAction Id="BeforeUninstall" ExeCommand="cmd /c uninstall-solidfireprovider.cmd > install.log" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" Execute="deferred" Return="ignore"/> </Product> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> <Merge Id="VCRedistatl" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_ATL_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="0"/> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> <Merge Id="VCRedistcrt" SourceFile="$(env.CommonProgramFiles)\Merge Modules\Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86_x64.msm" DiskId="1" Language="0"/> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> <Fragment> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="SolidFireVSS" /> </Directory> </Directory> </Fragment> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER"> <Component Id="ProductComponent"> <File Id="restinterfacedll.dll" Source="..\x64\$(var.build)\RESTInterfacelib.dll"></File> </Component> <Component Id="vssdll"> <File Id="vsssolidfireprovider.dll" Source="..\x64\$(var.build)\vsssolidfireprovider.dll" ></File> </Component> <Component Id="installscript"> <File Id="installscript" Source="install-solidfireprovider.cmd"></File> </Component> <Component Id="uninstallscript"> <File Id="uninstallscript" Source="uninstall-solidfireprovider.cmd"></File> </Component> <Component Id="registerprovider"> <File Id="registerprovider" Source="register_app.vbs"></File> </Component> <Component Id="vshadow"> <File Id="vshadow" Source="vshadow.exe"></File> </Component> <Component Id="clusterinfo"> <File Id="clusterinfo" Source="clusterinfo.bin"></File> </Component> <Component Id="installlog"> <File Id="install.log" Source="install.log"></File> </Component> <Component Id="configutility" NeverOverwrite="yes" KeyPath="yes" Guid="ADEB7AC2-9CB5-4b75-9BA7-2F129151191B"> <File Id="configutility" Source="..\configutility\bin\x64\Release\SolidFireConfigUtility.exe"></File> <RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="Software\solidfirevss\InstallLocation" Value="[INSTALLFOLDER]" Type="string" Action="write" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> </Wix> -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/changes-to-support-upgrades-help-tp7589169p7589274.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. 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