Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

On 09-Aug-11 09:22, Daniel Pratt wrote: I did not intentionally invoke patching in this process. I'm not aware of any other way for files to be baselined (though I could be wrong). Baseline cache is used to uninstall patches, which doesn't apply to any other type of update. I'd suggest setting

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

Thanks for the reply, Bob. I did not intentionally invoke patching in this process. I did think it was strange that the source directory appeared to be a patch-related folder on the local system. It may be relevant that: - this installation package uses multiple-instance transforms, and -

[WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

When reinstalling the latest version of a particular installation package over an earlier version, some files are not being updated (overwritten) by the installer, despite all evidence and logic to the contrary. This is taken from the log: MSI (s) (24:58) [14:19:27:090]: File: C:\Program

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

One of these will apply, depending on whether the files are hashed (I think they are by default). http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370532(v=VS.85).aspx I have a suspicion that the log doesn't report that it won't overwrite a modified file, and also you didn't say what your

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

Thanks for the reply, Phil. In this case, REINSTALLMODE=vamus. I started with REINSTALLMODE=vomus, but attempted to correct the problem by forcing the installer to overwrite all files regardless (per my interpretation of 'a' vs 'o'). Incidentally, the bit about ...REINSTALLMODE specifies all

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

You are specifying REINSTALL=something, right? That makes a difference. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Daniel Pratt [mailto:colorblind...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 3:20 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File is

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

REINSTALL=ALL On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Wilson, Phil phil.wil...@invensys.comwrote: You are specifying REINSTALL=something, right? That makes a difference. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Daniel Pratt [mailto:colorblind...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 3:20

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

On 08-Aug-11 16:30, Daniel Pratt wrote: MSI (s) (24:58) [14:19:27:090]: Source for file 'fil1A0D420C18871D13362FD2189A753C67' is uncompressed, at 'C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\E0EBAC857F0FC4949A9EF21E1014B912\10.1.15\'. InstallFiles: File: Course Demographics Report.rdl,