During an installation the RemoveExistingProducts action would handle these uninstalls for you, but (from the RemoveExistingProducts documentation)...
"The installer only runs the RemoveExistingProducts action the first time it installs a product. It does not run the action during a maintenance installation or uninstallation." ...so I think that you will have to use a different method to handle this. A concurrent (nested) uninstallation seems the obvious way, but that is listed as a deprecated feature in Windows Installer 4.5, so I can't really recommend that either. If your uninstall requires a reboot then maybe the Run registry key could be used to launch further uninstalls, but that seems a little heavy-handed, perhaps someone else has a better method. Cheers, James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eitan Behar Sent: 03 September 2008 16:26 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling related products you can use a custom action to launch the uninstall of these products, but, don't think that these are best practices. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Jeff Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > If you have a moment, I was wondering if there was a way to uninstall > additional products when uninstalling another product. For example... > > I install product A. > > I then install B, C, D, E (these are add-ons for A that I install via > their own MSI and upgrade codes etc - so basically, as separate products). > > I then uninstall A. > > Can I also uninstall B, C, D and E as part of A? > > I'm guessing not, but I thought I'd ask. I'm aware that you can > uninstall items upon install, but I want to do it when uninstalling. > Is there a way to maybe use the registry or a file to record the > product codes for uninstall and add something to a deferred execution > action? > > Thanks for any help you might be able to give. > > Cheers, > Jeff > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This e-mail is confidential and the information contained in it may be privileged. 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