In my case the installer is always run as quiet and there's no interactions with any user. Our goal is to slip in and deliver stuff without their noticing.
I naively put everything in a single feature. it sounds like I would be better served to sort the files into features based on actual dependencies, so one feature might be a single .exe and any files it requires to run. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Phil Wilson <phildgwil...@gmail.com>wrote: > You could move files (strictly components) around, but in most > installs the features are units of functionality and not random > collections of assorted files. A feature is the user's unit of > functionality that can be added or removed, and moving files out of > one often requires other changes such as help and docs that say > "installing feature X gives you this functionality" because it no > longer does. > > As Blair says, look at the verbose log. In the absence of hard > evidence that says what's really happening it seems premature to > change feature content. > --------------- > Phil Wilson > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Walt Dexter <wfdex...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And there's the answer. They're all in the same feature. > > > > Can I move existing files between features in an upgrade? That would > position me better the next time around. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 28, 2014, at 4:36 AM, Blair Murri <os...@live.com> wrote: > > > >> Are you doing a major upgrade or a recache/repair? > >> > >> Are the files it was killing off in the same feature as other files > that were changed? Remember that features are installed/repaired/removed as > a unit. > >> > >> > >> Your verbose install logs should be telling you why it wanted to > "replace" files that "didn't change". What do your logs have to say? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Blair > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Walter Dexter > >> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 9:53 PM > >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I believe that is only true for versioned files, although I may be > mistaken. > >> > >> In this particular case (properly versioned .Net 3.5 executables) they > were > >> unchanged and should not have been replaced according to my, and your, > >> understanding of the rules. Despite that, Windows Installer was killing > >> them off. Perhaps it just shoots first and asks questions later unless > told > >> to not terminate. I have no idea. > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Nicolás Alvarez > >> <nicolas.alva...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> 2014-01-27 Walter Dexter <wfdex...@gmail.com>: > >>>> Got it! > >>>> > >>>> I haven't worked out all the details but changing the MSIRMSHUTDOWN > >>>> property to "0" makes it do what I wanted. Note that in this case the > >>> .exe > >>>> files that I want to keep running aren't actually being modified. Our > >>>> deployment folks just don't like to deal with distribution of patches; > >>>> they'd rather send out a full MSI. > >>> > >>> Windows Installer only overwrites files that have changed; patch or no > >>> patch is irrelevant. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Nicolás > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable > >>> security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key > >>> security issues and trends. 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