Thanks Phil, I was able to remove the file using the method suggested but I have another question. Do I need to keep the file being deleted around so that the installer can reference it and delete it in the patch, or is can I delete that file from the source? For files in other folders, I have been able to remove them in a patch by adding entries in the removefile table and taking out the file entry for the component all together. Is there an advantage of using one technique over the other?
Thanks, Lindsey Wilson, Phil wrote: > > You can't remove the component containing the file (that's not allowed > during a patch) but you can mark it as a transitive component (don't > know the WiX speak) with a condition that's false (like 0) to make it > absent. > > Phil Wilson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LindseyLeu > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WiX-users] Removing a file from the GAC using a patch > > > Hi, > > I have an assembly installed by the RTM installer that was put into the > GAC. > I now want to remove the file in a patch because it is no longer needed. > How > should I author my wix code to delete the file? > > Thanks, > Lindsey > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Removing-a-file-from-the-GAC-using-a-patch-tf45109 > 61.html#a12865594 > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Removing-a-file-from-the-GAC-using-a-patch-tf4510961.html#a12928033 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
