You shouldn't ever need to change the UpgradeCode as long as it's all the same product. Windows Installer needs the UpgradeCode to stay the same so that it can detect older versions of itself during an upgrade, should you ever set it up to do one. For example, the Upgrade element needs that same code in its Id attribute.
You are correct to change the ProductCode (and version) for each major update. You should not change all of your component Ids for each update. See Rob Mensching's blog for info about components: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/4/Windows-Installer-Components-Introduction http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/4/Windows-Installer-Components-Introduction Anyway, the component GUID identifies that component. Changing it would mean that you're referring to a different component. So, if the file is the same, or even if it's just a newer version of itself that would be backward compatible with other parts of the system, you shouldn't change it. More info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367849 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367849 I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to DirectoryRefs and GUIDs. Are you putting one file per component? Or more than one per component? How have you got your directories being installed? Which version of WiX are you using? ----- Learn WiX with the book: https://www.packtpub.com/wix-a-developers-guide-to-windows-installer-xml/book WiX: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/General-Information-Question-about-New-Releases-and-GUIDs-tp5686308p5686397.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
