Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do?

Hi little.forrest, I can't answer your question (what does repair do) directly, but here's how I'd find out. The first step is to turn on logging for windows installer. You can either do this when you run the MSI (assuming you're directly running the MSI file, not using control panel) or use

Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do?

[mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:48 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] What does Repair do? Just a general question: what does Repair do? I know Repairs errors in the most recent installation by fixing missing and corrupt files, shortcuts, and registry

Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do?

Thanks Don! Those are some great info. From: Don Pratt don.pr...@cox.net To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 8:55:19 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do? Hi

Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do?

: Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do? It goes through each component and checks that its KeyPath is present and correct. In your case, I suspect that some custom action is running, maybe some code that re-installs the add-in or tries to shut down Outlook. Phil Wilson -Original Message

[WiX-users] What does Repair do?

Just a general question: what does Repair do? I know Repairs errors in the most recent installation by fixing missing and corrupt files, shortcuts, and registry entries. But odd something happened. We have a product which uses Wix 2.0. The product is a plugin for Microsoft Outlook. If we