Hi, I used RemoveFolderEx as suggested. But I am still facing the same issue. The msi when generated on Windows 8.1 system runs fine and uninstalls fine on other Windows 8.1 systems. But it does not uninstall on Windows 8 or Windows 7 system.
<Directory Id='LocalAppDataFolder' Name='AppData'> <Directory Id='localAppData' Name='" + _applicationName + @"'> <Component Id='localAppData' Guid='DE25DEA9-534E-405A-A46F-4616DA22FBA3'> <CreateFolder/> <util:RemoveFolderEx On='uninstall' Property='localAppData'/> <RemoveFolder Id='localAppData' On='uninstall' /> <RegistryValue Root='HKCU' Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]' Type='string' Value='' KeyPath='yes' /> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> I used the above code and the result is the same. MSI generated on Windows 8.1 does not remove the localAppData folder (when using RemoveFolderEx) on Windows 7 and Windows 8. But the same generated MSI removes the localAppData folder perfectly on other Windows 8.1 systems. Please advice on how to proceed. I’d appreciate any feedback. Regards, Sharada Sent from Windows Mail From: sharada boda Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:05 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Hoover, The reason why I’m using custom action and calling command prompt and not RemoveFolderEx is because I need to: Always delete the folder on uninstall (which will work with removeFolderEx) Delete conditionally on upgrade (i.e. I have modified the UI and provided a checkbox in InstallDirDlg providing the user an option to delete the data on upgrade). As far as I know RemoveFolderEx will work on install and uninstall but not for upgrade. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Thank you, Sharada Sent from Windows Mail From: Hoover, Jacob Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Why reinvent the wheel? http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/util/removefolderex.html -----Original Message----- From: sharada boda [mailto:sharada.b...@outlook.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 6:29 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Custom action issue when msi is generated on Windows 8.1 and installed on Windows 8 or Windows 7 Hi, I'm calling a custom action on upgrade and delete of an application. The custom action essentially deletes certain folders (not part of the installation folder) using the command prompt. When the msi is generated on windows 7/ windows 8, and then launched either on windows 7/windows 8/windows 8.1 - the custom action works perfectly fine. But, when the msi is generated on windows 8.1 and launched on either windows 7 or windows 8 -- the folders are not being deleted. The same generated msi is working fine on other windows 8.1 systems. Please let me know how to address this issue. Regards, Sharpi. Sent from Windows Mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce. Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce. Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
