Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-19 Thread Sascha Beaumont
ove option. > >        2. A user cannot uninstall my application by using "msiexec /x my.msi > /q". > > > Thanks > Lian > > -Original Message- > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:24 PM > To: Ge

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > Is it possible to disable uninstallation in my msi to achieve below goals? > I don't know. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-03 Thread Lian Jiang
nday, August 03, 2009 6:24 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade? Lian Jiang wrote: > I agree it sounds like a strange requirement for most projects which I didn't

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > I agree it sounds like a strange requirement for most projects which I didn't > even believe at the beginning. But it is legitimate for my project due to > some business reason... > > Can this be done technically? > Users already have to elevate to do the uninstall; once t

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-03 Thread Lian Jiang
Any idea? Thanks. -Original Message- From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lji...@microsoft.com] Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:17 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrad

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-02 Thread Lian Jiang
lto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 2:36 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade? Lian Jiang wrote: > (1)Users cannot use this msi to uninstall, which means: > Wh

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-02 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > (1)Users cannot use this msi to uninstall, which means: > Why would you want to do that? It's the software equivalent of "Crunchy Frog" -- a very unexpected and unpleasant surprise. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

[WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-02 Thread Lian Jiang
Hi, I have an msi which support uninstallation and major upgrade. Now I want to update it for below purposes: (1)Users cannot use this msi to uninstall, which means: (1.1) A user right clicks my application item in Add/Remove programs, he can only see repair option, no remove opt