Our QA found an issue:
during uninstallation, if our app is minimized in systray, the FileInUse dialog
doesn't show up. That will cause crash when the end user tries to activate and
run the app - as the app is already uninstalled.
I tried it, in Windows 7, it works fine - I did see the
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Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse doesn't work in XP?
Our QA found an issue:
during uninstallation, if our app is minimized in systray, the FileInUse dialog
doesn't show up. That will cause
found
that it wasn't sufficiently aggressive in stopping our application.
Travis
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From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:38 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse doesn't work in XP?
Our QA
: Re: [WiX-users] FileInUse doesn't work in XP?
I think we found similar issues. The RMFilesInUse behavior is different
in XP vs. Windows 7 and possibly in Vista as well. We ended up adding
several custom actions to try to stop our executables both with and
without elevation.
You can try the WiX
: Wed, August 4, 2010 2:08:32 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] FileInUse doesn't work in XP?
It's expected because Windows 7 MSI engine has a better detection mechanism
(Restart Manager) for files in use. Prior to that it wouldn't detect apps
minimized in the system tray. Maybe WiX's close apps custom
4, 2010 2:08:07 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] FileInUse doesn't work in XP?
I think we found similar issues. The RMFilesInUse behavior is different
in XP vs. Windows 7 and possibly in Vista as well. We ended up adding
several custom actions to try to stop our executables both with and
without
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