Putting REP before CostInitialize has the desired effect - you still see the warning about disallowing the install because a higher version exists, but the l.ower versioned file ends up on the system.
It seems to be a bug that with REP after (say) InstallValidate it refuses to install the file. What I see is that the file is not installed at all, which is the first sign of a bug, and secondly if you do a repair it does install the lower version of the file. --------------- Phil Wilson On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Joel Budreau <joel.budr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Phil, > > Can you tell me how it’s possible to schedule RemoveExistingProducts early > enough to avoid versioning rules being applied? I’m under the impression that > versioning rules are applied during CostFinalize, which has to come before > InstallInitialize, which has to come before RemoveExistingProducts. Am I > missing something? > > Thanks, > Joel > >> On Nov 26, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Phil Wilson <phildgwil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It's an anomaly or the same bug in non SxS situations. It's not an >> installer limitation because an REP early in the install will remove >> the older product before the new one regardless of versions. You >> haven't posted your upgrade or majorupgrade WiX source, so it's worth >> verifying that you are really doing a major upgrade and that >> RemoveExistingProducts is in the appropriate place. If it's after >> InstallExecute then it's at the end and that will definitely invoke >> file versioning rules. Not all major upgrades are the same and you >> must have REP early to avoid versioning rules being applied. >> --------------- >> Phil Wilson >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Joel Budreau <joel.budr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hey Klaus, >>> >>> If you want to perform a major upgrade and make sure all the files from the >>> newer installer are copied, make use of the REINSTALLMODE property - >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371182%28v=vs.85%29.aspx If you >>> set REINSTALLMODE=amus, the ‘a’ will ensure that all the new files are >>> installed (regardless of the versions that are already installed). >>> >>> Joel >>> >>>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 2:06 AM, Klaus Gütter <klaus.guet...@it-gmbh.de> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Phil, >>>> >>>> thank you for the KB link. But this situation does not apply to our case >>>> (no GAC or SxS involved). >>>> >>>> From the verbose log, I see that already in CostFinalize, the installer >>>> decides not to install the component: >>>> MSI (s) (BC:C8) [10:46:51:830]: Disallowing installation of component: >>>> {5572161F-6A73-4552-91C7-8108C28DF8CE} since the same component with >>>> higher versioned keyfile exists. >>>> RemoveRelatedProduct does however happily remove the component. >>>> >>>> Looks like an Installer limitation. >>>> >>>> Klaus Gütter >>>> >>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>>> Von: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] >>>> Gesendet: Montag, 24. November 2014 21:34 >>>> An: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >>>> Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Force overwrite DLL with previous version >>>> inMajorUpgrade? >>>> >>>> After InstallValidate should definitely work for a major upgrade. If that >>>> 2.4 version is not installed then you may have that MSI bug, especially if >>>> the file is in the GAC or SxS >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238 and see if a repair restores the >>>> file. >>>> >>>> Anyway, take a verbose log and search for the file name and its component >>>> id. There are more routine possible issues, such as the component id being >>>> inadvertently shared with something, and hopefully the Dll is marked as >>>> key path. >>>> --------------- >>>> Phil Wilson >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 3:39 AM, Klaus Gütter <klaus.guet...@it-gmbh.de> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I have the following situation: MyProduct version 1.1 uses ThirdPartyDll >>>>> version 2.5. For MyProduct version 1.2 we had to go back to ThirdPartyDll >>>>> version 2.4. >>>>> >>>>> Is it possible to use an Major Upgrade in this situation? I had no luck >>>>> with this up to now: >>>>> - when scheduled afterInstallExecute, ThirdPartyDll version 2.5 is not >>>>> overwritten (as expected by the Installer rules) >>>>> - when scheduled afterInstallValidate, ThirdPartyDll version 2.5 is >>>>> removed, but version 2.4 is not installed. >>>>> >>>>> If it matters: the MyProduct 1.1 setup was created with WiX 3.8, version >>>>> 1.2 with WiX 3.9. >>>>> >>>>> Klaus Gütter >>>>> >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> -------- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT >>>>> Server from Actuate! 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