Thank you Blair, I'm using Vista with 4.5. Hopefully the RemoveFile table will solve the problem. :)
Thanks, William L. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > Which version/build of Windows Installer? > > Much of what ends up in Windows Installer logs is itself undocumented and > sometimes doesn't seem to continue in the next released build of MSI. > > As to folders not being removed: folders won't ever be removed if any files > (that the MSI doesn't "own") are left behind. Empty folders can sometimes > be > left behind in some circumstances. Many of those can be dealt with by > adding > <RemoveFolder/> elements to your authoring. > > -----Original Message----- > From: william lee [mailto:wele...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 4:31 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] What does "Foreign" mean here in log? > > Hi, > > When I uninstall a product, the folders are not removed. > I checked the log, and found following info: > > MSI (s) (E4:60) [23:48:41:812]: Executing op: > FolderRemove(Folder=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start > Menu\Programs\MyCompany\Prod3\,Foreign=0) > > MSI (s) (34:80) [04:03:38:633]: Executing op: > FolderRemove(Folder=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start > Menu\Programs\ MyCompany\Tools\,Foreign=1) > > > > Sometime it's 1, sometime it's 0. > > What does the "Foreign" mean here? :) > > > > Thanks > > William L. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
