I've had the same problem until I found out there was still a listing for my installed program under "Add/Remove Programs". Uninstalling that one fixed it for me. The setup log showed something like "not removing because existing program depends on it" or something similar (can't remember exactly).
Regards, Michel Verhagen On 13/05/2010 08:54, Kristoffer Danielsson wrote: > Hi, > > > > This is really frustrating. I had a working MSI, but realized I was violating > some MSI rules (used the same KeyPath for multiple components) and decided to > clean it up. Now, when following the guidelines, my components are not > removed from the system. > > > > Installation is per-user only, and there are 5 components. Each component has > a KeyPath of its own. Here is a snippet of my Documentation component: > > > > <DirectoryRef Id="DocumentationDir"> > > <Component Id="Documentation" Guid="MYGUID"> > > <RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]" > Action="create"> > > > > <!-- > > NOTE: I tried this too... > > <RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]" > Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall"> > > --> > > <RegistryValue Name="InstalledDocumentation" Value="1" Type="integer" > KeyPath="yes" /> > > </RegistryKey> > > <CreateFolder Directory="DocumentationDir" /> > > <CreateFolder Directory="ProgramMenuDir" /> > > <CreateFolder Directory="ProgramMenuDocumentationDir" /> > > <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveDocumentationDir" Directory="DocumentationDir" > On="uninstall" /> > > <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveProgramMenuDir" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" > On="uninstall" /> > > <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveProgramMenuDocumentationDir" > Directory="ProgramMenuDocumentationDir" On="uninstall" /> > > <File Id="ProgramHelp" Name="$(var.ProgramHelp.TargetFileName)" DiskId="1" > Source="$(var.ProgramMementoHelp.TargetPath)"> > > <Shortcut Id="startmenuProgramMementoHelp" > Directory="ProgramMenuDocumentationDir" Name="Program Help" > Description="Program Help." /> > > </File> > > <File Id="Manual" Name="$(var.Manual.TargetFileName)" DiskId="1" > Source="$(var.Manual.TargetPath)"> > > <Shortcut Id="startmenuManual" Directory="ProgramMenuDocumentationDir" > Name="Manual" Description="Program Manual." /> > > </File> > > </Component> > > </DirectoryRef> > > > > Previously, all my components had the same KeyPath (one registry value under > HKCU). That worked if I set Action= > > "createAndRemoveOnUninstall". Now, upon uninstallation, all my files are left > intact but the KeyPath values in registry are indeed cleared! Is my registry > corrupt somehow? > > > > I really don't get it. I've read the documentation too many times now. What > am I missing? > > > > Thanks! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Surfa tryggt med Internet Explorer 8 > http://www.microsoft.com/sverige/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
