These might help. It's possible the patched file was never cached in the baseline cache (or was removed) or it wasn't a >= MSI 3.0 patch:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2007/01/17/the-patch-cache-and-freeing-space.aspx and this may still be an issue: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2007/06/28/unchanged-files-break-patch-uninstall.aspx --------------- Phil Wilson On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:13 AM, Christoffel le Roux <christoffe...@flowcentric.com> wrote: > Hi, I have two products that install from a cd. > > Both install and patch fine, but one of the products give ma a 1706 error > only in Windows 8 and asks for the original media source when I try to > uninstall an installed patch. > > Once I selected the original media source the source gets rejected and the > installation fails. > > The other product installs and uninstalls like a charm. > > Both the product definitions like follow: > > <Product Id="$(var.ProductCode)" > Name="$(var.ProductName)" > Language="1033" > Version="$(var.ProductVersion)" > Manufacturer="$(var.ProductManufacturer)" > UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeCode)"> > <!--Package Details--> > <Package InstallerVersion="405" > Compressed="yes" > InstallScope="perMachine" > Description="$(var. Description)" > InstallPrivileges="elevated" AdminImage="yes"/> > <!--Media--> > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="setup.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> > <Property Id="MSIUSEREALADMINDETECTION" Value="1"></Property> > </Product> > > > And the Patch Properties : > > > > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > > > > <?include ..\..\WixCommon\ProductSettings.wxi ?> > > > > <Patch > > AllowRemoval="yes" > > Manufacturer="$(var.ProductManufacturer)" > > MoreInfoURL="$(var.ArpUrlInfoAbout)" > > Description="$(var. PatchDescriptionx64)" > > DisplayName="$(var. PatchDisplayNamex64)" > > Comments="$(var. PatchDescriptionx64)" > > MinorUpdateTargetRTM="yes" > > Classification="Update"> > > <!--The Id in the Media element must be greater than the > number of files in the > > original image; it should also take files from previous > patches into account. > > If you're authoring a second patch and the previous patch > used 5000 as Id and > > updated 11 files, then this number must be greater than > 5011.--> > > <Media Id="1608" Cabinet="setup.cab"> > > <PatchBaseline Id="RTM"> > > <Validate ProductId="no"/> > > </PatchBaseline> > > </Media> > > <TargetProductCodes Replace="no"> > > <TargetProductCode Id="$(var. 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