Re: [WiX-users] Detecting a different product install

2013-09-18 Thread Blair Murri
Please do not use a custom action to run the install if that other product is MSI-based. Add it to your Upgrade table and remove it that way. Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:56:44 -0700 From: jack.sojo...@gmail.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Detecting a different

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting a different product install

2013-09-18 Thread Jack Sojourn
It's a totally different product. I just want to remove it if its installed. My upgrade table looks like this... Upgrade Id=myupgradecode guid UpgradeVersion Minimum=1.0.0 Maximum=$(var.MAXVERSION) IncludeMinimum=yes IncludeMaximum=yes OnlyDetect=no

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting a different product install

2013-09-18 Thread Phil Wilson
Is there some reason you can't do a major upgrade to remove it? If you know its UpgradeCode you can get it uninstalled. Phil Wilson On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Jack Sojourn jack.sojo...@gmail.comwrote: Hello...I need to detect if a totally different product is installed and if so

[WiX-users] Detecting a different product install

2013-09-17 Thread Jack Sojourn
Hello...I need to detect if a totally different product is installed and if so uninstall it. I figure I can use a custom action to spawn the uninstall. not sure if that will be a problem but does anyone know first how to detect if a different product is installed? preferably by an install guid.