I tried MSIRMSHUTDOWN = 2, and REBOOT is = ReallySuppress. Behavior is the same - with /quiet it just quietly kills the exe off, without /quiet it asks me what to do (the Reinstall Manager prompt.)
I hate to drop a giant XML bomb on the forum, but here's a (trimmed down, believe it or not) WXS file. If you (Rob) or anyone has some advice, I sure appreciate it. Otherwise I guess I'll just do the console logoff as a custom action and take some more time to figure it out. Walt <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> <?define ProductName="MCO e*System Integration Files" ?> <?define UpgradeCode="{B44477EF-7487-4302-875C-DA2846EB30DA}" ?> <?define ProductVersion="1.0.5.0" ?> <!-- Product version. --> <?define MaxVersion="1.0.5.0" ?> <!-- Highest version this should upgrade. Most of the time, should be same as ProductVersion.--> <?define MinVersion="1.0.0.0" ?> <!-- Lowest version this should upgrade. --> <Product Id="*" Name="$(var.ProductName)" Language="1033" Version="$(var.ProductVersion)" Manufacturer="Our Co, LLC" UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeCode)" > <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" Comments="No detail." Description="e*System Integration Programs" Manufacturer="US e*System Integration - Walt Dexter - walter.dex...@example.com" /> <Upgrade Id="$(var.UpgradeCode)"> <UpgradeVersion IgnoreRemoveFailure="yes" IncludeMinimum="yes" IncludeMaximum="yes" Minimum="$(var.MinVersion)" Maximum="$(var.MaxVersion)" MigrateFeatures="yes" Property="UPGRADE_1" > </UpgradeVersion> </Upgrade> <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" /> <Feature Id="FEAT_ALLFILES" Title="e*System Integration Files" Level="1"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="CMPG_SCRIPTS" /> </Feature> <Property Id="REBOOT" Admin="yes" Secure="yes">ReallySuppress</Property> <Property Id="ARPCOMMENTS">e*System Application from Metametrics</Property> <Property Id="ARPCONTACT">US e*Restaurant Integration - Walt Dexter</Property> <Property Id="ARPNOMODIFY" Value="1" /> <Property Id="ARPNOREPAIR" Value="1" /> <Property Id="DISABLEROLLBACK" Value="1" /> <!-- <Property Id="REINSTALLMODE" Value="amus" /> --> <Property Id="MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL" Value="0" /> <Property Id="MSIRMSHUTDOWN" Value="2" /> <Property Id="ReinstallFileOlderVersion" Value="o" /> <Property Id="ReinstallFileVersion" Value="o" /> <Property Id="ReinstallRepair" Value="r" /> <Property Id="MCO___APP_TYPE" Value="$(var.ProductName)" /> <CustomAction Id="CA_SetCDrive" Directory="C_DRIVE" Value="c:\" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize" /> <Custom Action="CA_SetCDrive" After="CostFinalize" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="C_DRIVE" Name="CDrive"> <Directory Id="DIR_PROGRAMDATA" Name="ProgramData" > <Directory Id="DIR_MICROSOFT" Name="Microsoft" > <Directory Id="DIR_POINTOFSERVICE" Name="Point of Service" > <Directory Id="DIR_CONFIGURATION" Name="Configuration" /> </Directory> </Directory> <Directory Id="DIR_EPSON" Name="epson" > <Directory Id="DIR_PORTCOMMUNICATIONSERVICE" Name="portcommunicationservice" /> </Directory> </Directory> <Directory Id="DIR_MCOUSA" Name="MCOUSA" > <Directory Id="DIR_SCRIPTS" Name="Scripts" /> <Directory Id="DIR_CONFIG_BASE" Name="config.base" /> <Directory Id="DIR_CONFIG" Name="config" /> </Directory> <Directory Id="DIR_XPESTAGING" Name="XPeStaging" > <Directory Id="DIR_APP" Name="App" /> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <ComponentGroup Id="CMPG_SCRIPTS" Directory="DIR_SCRIPTS"> <Component Id="CMP_ESCINT_EXE" Guid="{E99F5E86-2CDB-4EB9-A638-54144CDD50FD}"> <File Source="..\..\source\MCOUSA_eSC_Int\MCOUSA_eSC_Int\bin\Release\" Id="eSCInt.exe" DefaultVersion="$(var.ProductVersion)" KeyPath="yes" /> </Component> <Component Id="CMP_MCOHTMLWATCHER_EXE" Guid="{DE351116-CA6E-4A27-9351-56A3B674F536}"> <File Source="..\..\source\MCOUSA_eSC_Int\MCOHTMLWatcher\bin\Release\" Id="MCOHtmlWatcher.exe" DefaultVersion="$(var.ProductVersion)" KeyPath="yes" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Product> </Wix> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>wrote: > What about the MSIRMSHUTDOWN property and maybe the REBOOT property. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Dexter [mailto:wfdex...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:10 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Install busy executables at reboot - Windows 7 > > I have an embedded system running Windows POSReady 7 (Windows 7 for POS > devices.) > > I have an MSI that installs a collection of .Net .exe files, VBScripts, > and other stuff. > > Three of the executables are always running under a user account. That's > just a normal thing on this device - it boots, automatically logs in as a > specific user, and these executables start. > > I'm now trying to do a upgrade by doing a Major Upgrade of the prior MSI. > That's actually working fine. My problem is that Windows Installer seems > to be shutting down the executables that are always running to do the > install. > > I've read a bit about the restart manager, and other things, but all I > really want it to do is make a note that these files are to be replaced at > the next reboot (which happens at 4:00 AM every day) and leave the > executables running. > > We run the MSIs out of the usual set of Microsoft system management tools > (SCCM? SCOM? It isn't my area so I don't real know) so there's no UI, and > no user to say "shut them down and restart them." > > Honestly I haven't tried this out of the Microsoft infrastructure; I'm > just firing up a "runas /user:administrator cmd.exe" and running the MSI > with the /quiet flag. I guess it's possible that it will behave differently > there but it seems unlikely. > > So is there a way to get it to do this? > > I've read a bit about the restart manager and messed about with various > property values but none of it seemed to have any impact. If I run without > /quiet it presented a variety of different dialogs telling me the programs > needed to be stopped, sometimes offering to do it and restart them later. > If I run with /quiet, it always quietly kills them and doesn't restart > them. > > My fallback position is to have the MSI logoff the console - whiich is > trivial to do - because it will then autolog back on and start all the > programs up. > > It's a lot easier politically if I can hand off an MSI that the users > don't notice installing. If they notice it - if the programs stop and > restart, or if it logs off and back on - then we've got a lot of > communication that needs to happen. > > Thanks for any advice! > > Walt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical > Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. 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