I recreated the .MSI file today, and reran the installation with the following command: msiexec /i C:\Installs\WixWindowsService2012Setup\bin\Release\WixWindowsService2012Setup.msi /l*v C:\Installs\WixWindowsService2012Setup\bin\Release\install.log.
It still overrides the config file, and this is from the log file: MSI (s) (00:9C) [09:59:20:624]: Executing op: FileRemove(,FileName=WixWindowsService2012.exe.config,,ComponentId={blabla}) MSI (s) (00:9C) [09:59:20:626]: Verifying accessibility of file: WixWindowsService2012.exe.config MSI (s) (00:64) [09:59:20:715]: Executing op: ComponentRegister(ComponentId={blabla},KeyPath=C:\Program Files\WixWindowsService2012\WixWindowsService2012.exe.config,State=3,,Disk=1,SharedDllRefCount=0,BinaryType=1) MSI (s) (00:64) [09:59:21:042]: Executing op: FileCopy(SourceName=fctymilg.con|WixWindowsService2012.exe.config,SourceCabKey=WixWindowsService2012.exe.config,DestName=WixWindowsService2012.exe.config,Attributes=512,FileSize=538,PerTick=65536,,VerifyMedia=1,,,,,CheckCRC=0,,,InstallMode=58982400,HashOptions=0,HashPart1=1770114632,HashPart2=-1876651659,HashPart3=212308780,HashPart4=-2030918298,,) MSI (s) (00:64) [09:59:21:043]: File: C:\Program Files\WixWindowsService2012\WixWindowsService2012.exe.config; To be installed; Won't patch; No existing file MSI (s) (00:64) [09:59:21:043]: Source for file 'WixWindowsService2012.exe.config' is compressed Why does the installation remove and copy the file, even though the config file in the installer has a different date and time with the config file on the installed folder ? Thank you. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-not-copy-a-file-in-subsequent-installations-tp7592929p7592949.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users