WiX only looks at the combination of IP address(es), port number, and Host
header. If any of those have been changed post-installation, the custom
action may either not uninstall or uninstall the wrong site.
The problem here is that IIS's metabase schema does not offer anywhere for
WiX to put a cookie that the user cannot subsequently edit (there is a
Comment field but that's user-editable). In theory, WiX should generate the
site number and store it elsewhere (e.g. in the registry), but the current
WiX schema doesn't allow you to specify a registry path to store it in.
--
Mike Dimmick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierson Lee
(Volt)
Sent: 10 August 2007 21:27
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Wierd IIS issue with Wix install/uninstall
I am currently installing 4 sites packaged with WiX. I have it installing
app_pools, sites and the necessary files and file structures with each of
these 4 on the same server. I noticed some weird behavior today,
particularly in uninstallation.
When I go to uninstall one of my sites, its not deleting the right metabase
path.
So for instance, I install SiteA, SiteB, SiteC, and SiteD. When installing
they are installed in W3SVC/2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. (I don't know why
they are always sequential starting at the lowest possible number, but that
seems to be a feature of WiX). When uninstalling SiteC (which was installed
at W3SVC/4) it is attempting to uninstall the metabase path at W3SVC/2.
I've caught it doing this a couple times now and I would like to know A)
where does it look to determine where the site was installed at and B) how
to fix/prevent this.
Thanks
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