Hi John, Thanks so much for the quick response. I've seen some comments before about REINSTALLMODE-amus, but there were serveral cautions around it. In particular, my real install also includes a few redistributables (msm files).
Guess it it time to research amus further. Again, Thank You On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Joel Budreau <joel.budr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Rich, > > If you make your installers set REINSTALLMODE=amus files will be > overwritten regardless of their version. This would let you run upgrades > and downgrades where whomever comes last wins. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371182%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > - Joel > > > On Nov 26, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Rich Fowler <richwfow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I need to allow Downgrading installations. This is for an internal > > application where a user may need to install version "N" over version > > "N+1". Yes, I know this is frowned upon, but management insists. We need > to > > make it seamless to our users. Forcing the user to first uninstall is not > > an option. > > > > I've searched most everywhere and think I am close to getting it right. > > However, after installing version "N" over top of "N+1" only the > unchanged > > files remain. It looks like the installer is determining which files to > > install before version "N+1" is removed. > > > > Following is a stripped down installation file. The "ACMEVERSION" > property > > changes from release to release as well as the file version withing the > > executable. > > After version 4.0.5.7 is installed, the directory contains two files - > the > > exe and txt file. After 4.0.4.4 is installed, the directory only contains > > the txt file, which is unchanged between the versions. > > > > Any advice or comments are deeply appreciated. > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Wix > > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <?define > > ACMEVERSION = "4.0.04.04" ?><!-- THIS IS THE ONLY LINE THAT CHANGES > > --> <?define UpgradeCode = > > "83ED9349-6CE8-49AF-AA9D-76A63BBF3667"?> <Product Id="*" > > Name="MyApp" Language="1033" Version="$(var.ACMEVERSION)" > > Manufacturer="Acme" UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeCode)"> <Package > > InstallerVersion="405" Compressed="yes" Manufacturer="Acme" /> > > <Property Id="ALLUSERS" Value="1" /> > > <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="yes" > > Schedule="afterInstallValidate" RemoveFeatures="ProductFeature" /> > > <!--InstallExecuteSequence> <RemoveExistingProducts > > After='InstallInitialize' /> <InstallExecute > > After="RemoveExistingProducts" /> </InstallExecuteSequence --> > > <!-- Force uninstall of any previously installed version (Allow > > Upgrade AND DownGrade --> <Property > > Id='PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED' Secure='yes' /> <Upgrade > > Id='$(var.UpgradeCode)'> <UpgradeVersion Minimum='1.0.0.0' > > Maximum='99.0.0.0' > > Property='PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED' > > MigrateFeatures="yes" IncludeMinimum='yes' IncludeMaximum='no' /> > > </Upgrade> > > <MediaTemplate EmbedCab='yes' /> > > <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="MyApp" > > Level="1"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" > > /> </Feature> </Product> <!-- we want to install into > C:\Acme\ > > --> <Fragment> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > > <Directory Id="ACMEINSTALLFOLDER" Name="Acme" /> </Directory> > > <SetDirectory Id="TARGETDIR" Value="[WindowsVolume]" /> </Fragment> > > <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" > > <Component > > Id="AcmeAppComponent" Guid="304961E1-C871-4124-A802-76EFBA17E3A6" > > Directory="ACMEINSTALLFOLDER" > <RemoveFile > > Id="RmvFile" Name="AcmeApp.exe" On="install" /> <File > > Id="AcmeEXE" Name="AcmeApp.exe" > > Source="..\$(var.ACMEVERSION)\AcmeApp.exe" /> </Component> > > <Component Id="DocumentComponent" > > Guid="AD9DED34-7158-454E-8A3C-A9FC04F28621" > > Directory="ACMEINSTALLFOLDER" > <File Id="NOTES" > > Name="Notes.txt" KeyPath="yes" /> </Component> > > </ComponentGroup> </Fragment></Wix> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > > from Actuate! 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