Yes, I know. But for some reasons I have implemented this custom action on uninstall. <CustomAction Id="REMOVEDIRS" Property="CMD" ExeCommand="/C rd /S /Q "[INSTALLDIR]"" Return='asyncNoWait' Impersonate="yes" />
:) 2009/8/20 Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) <wix+us...@instyler.com<wix%2bus...@instyler.com> > > Hello, > > By default, Windows Installer never deletes files it doesn't know of (user > files). So how is this accomplished in v1.0.0? > > > Best regards, > Sebastian Brand > > Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. > http://www.instyler.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Konstantin Vlasenko [mailto:konstantin.vlase...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:30 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Prevent file deletion duting upgrade > > Hello, > I have the case below: > > 1. product.msi 1.0.0 deletes all files (even created by user) on > uninstallation > 2. product.msi 1.0.1 (RemoveExistingProducts Before="InstallInitialize" > />) > > How to prevent particular file deletion on 1.0.0 uninstallation. Maybe it > is > possible to read file content (text) to the property before > RemoveExistingProducts action and then recreate it? What is the biggest > content size which I can set to the propery? > > > > > -- > Konstantin Vlasenko > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Konstantin Vlasenko ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
