The MSI doesn't get installed from inside the exe, Windows Installer doesn't know how to do that, so it's first unpacked into some location. The bootstrapper logging should tell you where that is. --------------- Phil Wilson
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com> wrote: > Sorry, forgot to post a reference. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2009/02/02/changes-to-package-caching-in-windows-installer-5-0.aspx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 11:30 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Repost: Wix Burn and KeyPath file hot repair/restore > by Windows Installer. > > >From what I remember, Windows Installer caches the entire MSI to preserve > >the digital signature, however it doesn't consider the version it caches as > >a valid source for files. So if it needs a file to repair it will still > >prompt for source (and is also a reason to always use external CAB's). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 11:14 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Repost: Wix Burn and KeyPath file hot repair/restore > by Windows Installer. > > I thought that had changed at one point and the windows installer cached the > full msi. Not looked into it for ages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] > Sent: 20 October 2014 15:04 > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Repost: Wix Burn and KeyPath file hot repair/restore > by Windows Installer. > > As I recall, the copy in the Installer folder is dehydrated (stripped of > content). For Repair/Patch to work without the dreaded missing source dialog > appearing, the MSI needs to be either: 1) cached, or 2) in the same location > it was when the install was performed. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing > Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS 66214 | Ext: 431050 > |jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 8:58 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Repost: Wix Burn and KeyPath file hot repair/restore > by Windows Installer. > > If the msi is installed it is usually stored in the c:\windows\installer > folder and that would be used for autoheal repair. > > I understand that burn caches packages in case this is not true anymore. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Farrukhw [mailto:farru...@gmail.com] > Sent: 20 October 2014 13:34 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Repost: Wix Burn and KeyPath file hot repair/restore by > Windows Installer. > > Hi, > Reposting with a hope that someone may be able to give some guidance, as last > time it was left abandoned: > > I've developed a Managed Bootstrapper and now near to release the product. > Normally, if a KeyPath file is removed/modified, Windows Installer would try > to restore/repair that. 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