This is my code,
<DirectoryRef Id="Installdir">
<Component Id="EnvironmentVariables" Guid="
{2A40FB98-59EC-4b87-97F2-B36856A98FA2}" Win64="yes" KeyPath="yes">
<Environment Id='test' Name='test' Action='set' Part='all' Value='
[INSTALLDIR]' System='yes' Permanent='no'/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Due to some reason, that directory also not get deleted. Does 'keypath'
value has some impact on this?
Thanks,
Sandun
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Alex Shevchuk <shevc...@live.com> wrote:
> My understanding of original problem is that environment variables are
> created on install, but not deleted on uninstall.
> Action="remove" must be used when environment variable needs to be deleted
> *on install*.
> As Rob already mentioned, there is nothing wrong with <Environment> tag
> itself. Problem is somewhere outside. If component is not made permanent,
> another thing to look for is any condition on component or
> <RemoveEnvironmentStrings> in <InstallExecuteSequence>. Without seeing
> more
> of original wxs we are just guessing here.
>
> Alex
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bartmess [mailto:david.bartm...@wallst.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:00 AM
> To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Env variables don't get deleted
>
> For what it's worth, here's the text from the schema description. Pay
> attention to the description of the remove action
>
> Specfies whether the environmental variable should be created, set or
> removed when the parent component is installed. This attribute's value must
> be one of the following:
>
> create
> Creates the environment variable if it does not exist, then set it
> during installation. This has no effect on the value of the environment
> variable if it already exists.
>
> set
> Creates the environment variable if it does not exist, and then set it
> during installation. If the environment variable exists, set it during the
> installation.
>
> remove
> Removes the environment variable during an installation. The installer
> only removes an environment variable during an installation if the name and
> value of the variable match the entries in the Name and Value fields of the
> Environment table. If you want to remove an environment variable,
> regardless
> of its value, use the '!' syntax, and leave the Value field empty.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sandun css [mailto:sandun...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:27 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Env variables don't get deleted
>
> No Rob. Those don't apply.
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Rob Hamflett <r...@snsys.com> wrote:
>
> > Setting Permanent="yes" on the Component or forgetting to give it a
> > GUID would make the env var change permanent. Do either of these
> > apply?
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > sandun css wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I set few env variables from my msi. But they don't get deleted when
> > > I uninstall them. This is my code,
> > >
> > > <Environment Id='ENVVAR' Name='CONFIG' Action='set' Part='all'
> > > Value='[INSTALLDIR]etc\middleware.cfg' System='yes' Permanent='no'/>
> > > What can be the problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sandun
> > >
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