It's too late if you've already shipped that product, but for future reference if you have an uninstall custom action that you do NOT want to run during an upgrade add the condition NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE. That property is set in the old product being uninstalled during an upgrade.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Konstantin Vlasenko [mailto:konstantin.vlase...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:50 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent file deletion duting upgrade 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
