Hi,
I used RemoveFolderEx as suggested. But I am still facing the same issue. The
msi when generated on Windows 8.1 system runs fine and uninstalls fine on other
Windows 8.1 systems. But it does not uninstall on Windows 8 or Windows 7 system.
Directory Id='LocalAppDataFolder' Name='AppData'
Directory Id='localAppData' Name=' + _applicationName + @'
Component Id='localAppData' Guid='DE25DEA9-534E-405A-A46F-4616DA22FBA3'
CreateFolder/
util:RemoveFolderEx On='uninstall' Property='localAppData'/
RemoveFolder Id='localAppData' On='uninstall' /
RegistryValue Root='HKCU' Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]'
Type='string' Value='' KeyPath='yes' /
/Component
/Directory
/Directory
I used the above code and the result is the same. MSI generated on Windows 8.1
does not remove the localAppData folder (when using RemoveFolderEx) on Windows
7 and Windows 8.
But the same generated MSI removes the localAppData folder perfectly on other
Windows 8.1 systems.
Please advice on how to proceed. I’d appreciate any feedback.
Regards,
Sharada
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From: sharada boda
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:05 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Hi Hoover,
The reason why I’m using custom action and calling command prompt and not
RemoveFolderEx is because I need to:
Always delete the folder on uninstall (which will work with removeFolderEx)
Delete conditionally on upgrade (i.e. I have modified the UI and provided a
checkbox in InstallDirDlg providing the user an option to delete the data on
upgrade).
As far as I know RemoveFolderEx will work on install and uninstall but not for
upgrade. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Thank you,
Sharada
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From: Hoover, Jacob
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:03 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Why reinvent the wheel?
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/util/removefolderex.html
-Original Message-
From: sharada boda [mailto:sharada.b...@outlook.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 6:29 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom action issue when msi is generated on Windows 8.1
and installed on Windows 8 or Windows 7
Hi,
I'm calling a custom action on upgrade and delete of an application. The custom
action essentially deletes certain folders (not part of the installation
folder) using the command prompt.
When the msi is generated on windows 7/ windows 8, and then launched either on
windows 7/windows 8/windows 8.1 - the custom action works perfectly fine.
But, when the msi is generated on windows 8.1 and launched on either windows
7 or windows 8 -- the folders are not being deleted. The same generated msi is
working fine on other windows 8.1 systems.
Please let me know how to address this issue.
Regards,
Sharpi.
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