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

2010-03-30 Thread little.forest
Thanks Phil. Yes, it seems a custom action unregistered a dll during Repair. From: "Wilson, Phil" To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 11:54:04 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do? It go

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

2010-03-30 Thread little.forest
Thanks Don! Those are some great info. From: Don Pratt To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 8:55:19 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What does Repair do? Hi little.forrest, I can't answer your question (what

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

2010-03-30 Thread Wilson, Phil
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- From: little.forest [mailto:little.

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

2010-03-30 Thread Don Pratt
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