[WiX-users] Removing a file

2008-01-11 Thread Graham Vickrage
As a newbie I am really struggling to do the simplest of tasks I need to remove a shortcut left by an old application in the start menu startup directory. I have tried to define a directory (under the component) and add a removefile tag in the component. But this does not work. Any clues as

[WiX-users] Removing all users\Startup menu shortcut

2008-01-10 Thread Graham Vickrage
I am trying to remove a shortcut added by an old program in the start menu folder for all users i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup I have tried the following but it does not work, I guess I need to somehow mention the all users part. Has anyone done this?

Re: [WiX-users] Problem Starting service on XP

2008-01-03 Thread Graham Vickrage
installed from a merge module these won't be available at StartServices time. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Graham Vickrage Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:42 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users

[WiX-users] Problem Starting service on XP

2008-01-02 Thread Graham Vickrage
I am trying to install and start a service but its coming back with. Error msg: Verify that you have sufficient priveleges to start system services. I am running the msi file as an administrator. I can install / start the service manually but not via wix, has anyone seen this before and do they

Re: [WiX-users] Launching MSI from MSI

2007-12-19 Thread Graham Vickrage
=Relative Culture=en-US OutputPath=$(OutputPath) / /Target Import Project=$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets / PropertyGroup BuildDependsOn$(BuildDependsOn);BuildBootstrapper/BuildDependsOn /PropertyGroup Graham Vickrage wrote: I am a newbie and am

[WiX-users] Launching MSI from MSI

2007-12-17 Thread Graham Vickrage
I am a newbie and am strugglilng with the following problem. I need to install a 3rd party DB (postgresql) as part of my installation proceedure. I have figured out how to do this silently using a .bat file to launch the DB msi from my msi using Property