Re: [WiX-users] Issue with FilesInUse and IE8 when updating an add-on

2009-11-13 Thread Andreas Mertens
Sorry, again I am not entirely clear on what you are saying. When you say that there was code we added on especially for IE are you speaking about IE8, or MSI, and which version. All I know is that I am running Vista with IE8 and MSI 4.5, and it doesn't seem to be working as is. Nor can I find

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with FilesInUse and IE8 when updating an add-on

2009-11-13 Thread Andreas Mertens
Fair enough, if I am reading between the lines appropriately. However as I said, it doesn't seem to be working with Windows XP. Do you an idea who I might be able to discuss this with at your former employer? :) A. -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent:

[WiX-users] Issue with FilesInUse and IE8 when updating an add-on

2009-11-12 Thread Andreas Mertens
I am having an issue with updating a project, and I am not sure if there is anything I can do in Wix to fix this. I have created a Browser Helper Object (BHO), a type of COM object that acts as an add-on to Internet Explorer V6 or later. I have used Wix to create its installer and that all works

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with FilesInUse and IE8 when updating an add-on

2009-11-12 Thread Blair
With BHOs we actively looked for running IE instances and either added them all to the RM session (in the case of Vista+) or offered to the user to kill them (in the case of XP/2k3). -Original Message- From: Andreas Mertens [mailto:andre...@nvisionideas.com] Sent: Thursday, November 12,

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with FilesInUse and IE8 when updating an add-on

2009-11-12 Thread Andreas Mertens
I am not sure what you are saying - is Wix or MSI actually treating BHO installers as a special case and kill all related IE instances? Do I need to do something special to identify my code as a BHO in order for this to happen, because right now it isn't happening... Andreas -Original

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with FilesInUse and IE8 when updating an add-on

2009-11-12 Thread Blair
This was code we added on especially for IE. There isn't anything in WiX or Windows Installer to do that natively. -Original Message- From: Andreas Mertens [mailto:andre...@nvisionideas.com] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:57 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML