Non-Windows Installer installers use the SharedDlls registry key to refcount the usage of common/shared dlls. By default Windows Installer will only increment that refcount if it already exists so that the other installer will track the refcount properly if a WI installer installs the same file. Windows Installer also maintains its own refcount for components it tracks elsewhere. You can force Windows Installer to create a SharedDLLs entry if it doesn't already exist with the msidbComponentAttributesSharedDllRefCount attribute on a component.
So what that log indicates is that a non-WI installer installed that file before your product was installed and that since the SharedDlls refcount will not go to 0 after your product is uninstalled, the file will not be removed so that the other product is not broken. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > André Pönitz > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:50 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installed: Local; Request: Absent; > Action: Null ? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > André Pönitz > > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:34 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Installed: Local; Request: Absent; > Action: Null ? > > > > > > > > Can anybody explain me why I get the 'Action: Null' > > "decision" in some cases, but not in all? > > > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: Hasp_52; > > Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: NetlmProgramMenu; > > Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Absent > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: > > NetlmProgramMenuWasyTools; Installed: Local; Request: > > Absent; Action: Absent > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: NetlmClient32_1; > > Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Null > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: NetlmClient32_2; > > Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Null > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: NetlmClient32_3; > > Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Null > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: NetlmClientHelp; > > Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Null > > MSI (s) (68:C0) [12:28:49:678]: Component: > > NetlmClientProgramMenu; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; > > Action: Absent > > > > A difference is that the 'Client' is in an Fragment, the rest > > is in the main body of the installer. > > > Some more information from the log: > > MSI (s) (68:E4) [12:40:17:485]: Executing op: > ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={E88B9844-688B-40FA-8BD3-E137E > AABD18C},,BinaryType=0,) > 1: {7C474FFC-9D30-C00F-B086-5B7008640158} 2: > {E88B9844-688B-40FA-8BD3-E137EAABD18C} > MSI (s) (68:E4) [12:40:17:501]: Executing op: > ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={E88B9844-688B-40FA-8BD3-E137E > AABD1DA},,BinaryType=0,) > 1: {7C474FFC-9D30-C00F-B086-5B7008640158} 2: > {E88B9844-688B-40FA-8BD3-E137EAABD1DA} > MSI (s) (68:E4) [12:40:17:501]: Executing op: > ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={F0A3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC3 > 131390C},,BinaryType=0,PreviouslyPinned=1) > 1: {7C474FFC-9D30-C00F-B086-5B7008640158} 2: > {F0A3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC3131390C} > MSI (s) (68:E4) [12:40:17:501]: Executing op: > ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={F0A3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC3 > 231390C},,BinaryType=0,PreviouslyPinned=1) > 1: {7C474FFC-9D30-C00F-B086-5B7008640158} 2: > {F0A3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC3231390C} > MSI (s) (68:E4) [12:40:17:501]: Executing op: > ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={F0A3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC3 > 331390C},,BinaryType=0,PreviouslyPinned=1) > 1: {7C474FFC-9D30-C00F-B086-5B7008640158} 2: > {F0A3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC3331390C} > MSI (s) (68:E4) [12:40:17:501]: Executing op: > ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={F0A3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC3 > 1313AAA},,BinaryType=0,PreviouslyPinned=1) > 1: {7C474FFC-9D30-C00F-B086-5B7008640158} 2: > {f0a3B0D2-F9C6-C00F-8817-DAAC31313AAA} > MSI (s) (68:E4) [12:40:17:501]: Executing op: > ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={E88B9844-688B-C00F-8BD3-E137E > AA1D18C},,BinaryType=0,) > 1: {7C474FFC-9D30-C00F-B086-5B7008640158} 2: > {E88B9844-688B-C00F-8BD3-E137EAA1D18C} > > The not-removed componets are the ones that have the > 'PreviouslyPinned=1' part which a Google Search turns into > entries in: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\S > haredDlls > > Now the question: By what installer mechanism do entries turn > up in this > location and under which circumstances are they useful? > > > Andre' > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Take Surveys. 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