It's possible that settings of the MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL and
MSIRMSHUTDOWN properties affects this behavior - don't know for sure.
Apart from CloseApplication, the app could integrate with Restart Manager
to shut down - this has the potential advantage that in patching scenarios
the app can sav
Are you looking to notify the user if your app is running? If not you can use
the util extension that will just shut it down.
JohnG
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Sent: Thursday, 9 January, 2014 11:03
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling with application running
Depends on the file locks. A binary that is simply loaded in a process can be
moved/renamed and the directory it was originally in when it was loaded
explain why explorer couldn't find the directory.
Blair
> From: simongustavs...@driveworks.co.uk
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:13:10 +0000
> Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstalling with application running
>
> Good morning Wix users :)
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Good morning Wix users :)
I've come across an instance where uninstalling our product while it is running
succeeds and leaves the application running. The Program Files directory, ARP
entry, all registry keys etc are all removed. Going into task manager, right
clicking the application and select
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