Hi guys, I really don't want to be pushy but I need to find a solution for this: besides my application I also install a service that is babysitting my application, eg: restarts it when it crashes or whatever. When the product is uninstalled I get the message: "The setup must update files or services that cannot be updated while the system is running. If you choose to continue, a reboot will be required to complete the setup." even though I specify that the service should be stopped when uninstalling (and the service will take care to also stop my application).
[code] <ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceForTest' Start='install' Stop='uninstall' Remove='uninstall'/> [/code] If I manually stop the service before uninstalling everything works fine. How can I solve this problem? I can't really ask the users to manually stop the service before uninstalling or to reboot the machine on every upgrade. How can I force the shutting down of the service? Thx, Viv ;) On 3/29/2010 12:21 PM, Viv Coco wrote: >> On pre-Vista (pre MSI 4.0) the ServiceControl entries aren't considered >> for files-in-use situations. On Restart Manager systems with MSI 4.0 and >> above, it does look at the ServiceControl table but there have been some >> reports that it doesn't work with every entry in the ServiceControl table >> and may be unreliable. >> > Are you saying that I don't really have a way to do this? I mean the user > will have to either stop manually the service before an uninstall/upgrade or > to reboot the machine after an uninstall/upgrade? > > Thx, > Viv > > > > On 3/26/2010 4:17 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > >> On pre-Vista (pre MSI 4.0) the ServiceControl entries aren't considered for >> files-in-use situations. On Restart Manager systems with MSI 4.0 and above, >> it does look at the ServiceControl table but there have been some reports >> that it doesn't work with every entry in the ServiceControl table and may be >> unreliable. >> >> Start on install and stop on install? It does both. There is a StopServices >> action early in the execute sequence that stops services. Later on (after >> files have been installed/replaced) there's a StartServices action. >> >> Phil Wilson >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Viv coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:12 AM >> To: WiX >> Subject: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> My installer besides my application installs also a service which is the >> "babysitter" for my application, eg takes care to restart my application if >> it crashes. When I want to uninstall everything I get the error message: >> "The setup must update files or services that cannot be updated while the >> system is running. If you choose to continue, a reboot will be required to >> complete the setup.". If I manually stop the service before running the >> uninstaller I don't get this msg. But I actually "told" the uninstaller to >> stop the service on uninstall: >> >> >> >> [code] >> <ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceForTest' >> Start='install' Stop='uninstall' Remove='uninstall'/> >> [/code] >> >> >> >> 1) How can I get rid of this problem? I don't want to get the mesasage with >> reboot the system as the uninstaller should be itself able to stop de >> service and then to do the uninstall. >> >> >> 2) And related to services: what happens if I have: >> >> >> >> [code] >> <ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceForTest' >> Start='install' Stop='install' Remove='uninstall'/> >> [/code] >> >> >> >> the translation would be: start on install, stop on install. Which one is it >> then? >> >> >> >> TIA, >> Viv >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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