Any MSI with any arbitrary ProductCode needs a stable name. If you always use Major Upgrades, the names don't matter, and you won't have any issues with your names.
If you employ minor upgrades or small updates, and you distribute those via MSI instead of MSPs, you will probably need a bootstrapper, and many bootstrappers will allow you to embed the MSIs, so you can rename the EXE files instead of the MSI files. If you distribute MSP files and not MSI files for your minor/small updates, you aren't storing the MSIs anyway (except for the shipped one(s)) and names won't matter their either. -----Original Message----- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 7:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Is it still a bad idea to rename your MSI files? We are currently considering a convention for file-naming, to assist in tracking our numerous installers, and the many versions thereof. I recall some time ago being told that renaming an MSI will break some features - and also read this: http://blogs.adobe.com/simplicity/2007/05/dont_rename_that_msi.html Is this still the case, and how are other people handling naming in these situations? Thanks Adam Langley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
