[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> That sounds pretty inconvenient if you want to recursively remove every
> file in every directory, which I would have guessed was a fairly common
> thing to want to do.
That's not really an MSI thing -- in MSI, you're carefully controlling
and describing the compositi
>RemoveFolder maps to the RemoveFile table, which only removes empty
>folders. So you need both RemoveFile and RemoveFolder.
That sounds pretty inconvenient if you want to recursively remove every
file in every directory, which I would have guessed was a fairly common
thing to want to do. Is the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If I use the RemoveFolder block, nothing happens.
>
RemoveFolder maps to the RemoveFile table, which only removes empty
folders. So you need both RemoveFile and RemoveFolder.
> If I uncomment the Condition element, it fails to delete anything in
> either case. I'm
>There's your problem: Without a guid, the component is unmanaged and
>never removed. Take a look at a verbose log around the InstallValidate
>action to see which components and features are scheduled for
>installation/removal.
I gotcha, I figured I didn't need a guid because the intent was to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
There's your problem: Without a guid, the component is unmanaged and
never removed. Take a look at a verbose log around the InstallValidate
action to see which components and features are scheduled for
installation/removal.
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31, 2007 2:50 PM
To: Rowland, Chris
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional RemoveFiles on Uninstall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> RemoveAllFiles
>
You need to use a secure public property so it's passed from the UI
sequenc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> RemoveAllFiles
>
You need to use a secure public property so it's passed from the UI
sequence to the execute sequence. Otherwise, it evaluates as false.
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional RemoveFiles on Uninstall
You can probably declare your 'RemoveFile' ines in a component that has
a
component co
You can probably declare your 'RemoveFile' ines in a component that has a
component condition triggered by a property that your user can configure via
a checkbox in your UI. I believe that 'RemoveFile' lines work on install
and all files will be removed on uninstall so probably won't be the solut
I have an application that creates some config files that I'd like to
conditionally uninstall with the application. It looks like I can just
use to get rid of these on uninstall, but I'd like to give
the user the option of keeping them in case they reinstall later. I've
seen several installers p
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