Re: [WiX-users] Changing the Windows Service name on an upgrade

I should add that when I uninstall my new msi - both services are removed. On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Deepa Choundappan wrote: > Thanks ! You did give me a pointer as to how to do this but I did not get > there all the way. I added a new ServiceControl node with the old Service > name ( and

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the Windows Service name on an upgrade

Thanks ! You did give me a pointer as to how to do this but I did not get there all the way. I added a new ServiceControl node with the old Service name ( and a new component Guid). But what I found was that it definitely did stop the old service but did not delete it. I have both the Remove and St

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the Windows Service name on an upgrade

If it's an upgrade, you can just uninstall the old service and install it again with your new name. Change the Component guid for the service component and that just works. I don't know of anything that will just change the name that's supported by MSI. The ServiceControl stuff lets you say yo

[WiX-users] Changing the Windows Service name on an upgrade

Hi - Our original version of the msi installed a service like "Service Preview" - I now need to change this to "Service" on a subsequent install. On an upgrade - I hit a Files In Use box which sayd "The following applications are using files which the installer must update. You can either close th

Re: [WiX-users] Create files on install

Yeah, I want to generate a file upon installation. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Create-files-on-install-tp6986046p6986480.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---

Re: [WiX-users] Create files on install

Do you mean create as in generate a file (you could use a custom action to do that) or create as in "here is my file, put it in that directory" which is much simpler and just requires a reference to a file. To dump, add something like this to a directory, but I think it's all in the .chm so you p

[WiX-users] Create files on install

I'm new to WiX, and I can't seem to find it in the documentation. I'd like to create a file during installation. What's the best way to do this? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Create-files-on-install-tp6986046p6986046.html Sent fro

Re: [WiX-users] delivering only changed files in update

You want a patch. Because your files are very large, look into binary delta patching. However, search on this list - I think some people have had problems with those types of patches. Also the user may get prompts for the source MSI when using this type of patch. These links will help The Wix h

[WiX-users] delivering only changed files in update

Hello, I have WIX installation with a lot of huge files. Each time, when files are changing I prepare major upgrade (same upgrade code, new product code) with all the files. Now I also need to prepare msi, which would contain only changed files. So that user could download this update, install i

Re: [WiX-users] Incomplete uninstall from ARP; works from full UI; possibly UAC-related

I have no idea which bits will be relevant. Install logs are only really useful in their entirety. You tend to jump about through them when analysing a problem. If you finding them hard to follow you could try using the MSI log file viewer (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\W

[WiX-users] Burn: disk space usage calculation

Hello. I have a bundle with several packages of .msi and .exe types, plus additional .exes to install some Windows roles. I also know all their features and can gather information from user which one should be installed. So now I have a problem to calculate how much space installation will take. I