Correct, docs here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370531(v=vs.85).aspx --------------- Phil Wilson
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Pavan Konduru <pavan.kond...@accelrys.com> wrote: > Thank you Phil for your response. > >From what I get you are saying: > --There is a file X on a system > --User modifies it at some point in time > --Installer checks that this file has been modified since being > installed and does not overwrite it? > > --Pavan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 11:59 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File not getting overwritten > > You might be misunderstanding "check for modified dates". The absolute values > are irrelevant. There is no "later version" based on later dates. An > unversioned file will not be overwritten if its modified date is different to > its creation date, no matter what the values are. > Windows Installer will set modified and creation dates the same at install > time so it can see that the file has been altered. > > --------------- > Phil Wilson > > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Pavan Konduru <pavan.kond...@accelrys.com> > wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> We have an installer that basically is trying to overwrite some files that >> is on the host system. The files that are being overwritten were not >> installed by the installer. >> When I run my installer, all these files get overwritten. On one particular >> machine, these files don't seem to be overwritten no matter what. Here is a >> log entry for one of the files. >> >> File: C:\Program Files\xxx \lib\xxx.jar; Won't Overwrite; >> Won't patch; Existing file is unversioned but modified >> >> All the other machines where I have run the installer this is the log, where >> it gets overwritten: >> >> File: C:\Program Files \xx \lib\xxx.jar; Overwrite; Won't >> patch; Existing file is unversioned and unmodified - hash doesn't match >> source file >> >> As per the MSI policy for overwriting files if they don't have versions is >> to check for the modified dates. The file on system has a 2014 date and the >> file from the installer has a 2015 date. The hashes don't match as the file >> content has changed. 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