I haven't tried it yet. I am working on a best practices internal document and the question popped up in my head. If you haven't ran into a problem yet then it is very likely that Windows Installer already does the right thing. I'll keep an eye out and report back to the list if I discover otherwise.
Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 8:42 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember > DirectoryIds > > Hmm, I don't remember that being necessary. I think the Windows Installer > remembers folders correctly to handle uninstall. Have you seen it not work? > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < > edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > > > Should we use the "Remember Property" pattern to remember > DirectoryIds > > like INSTALLLOCATION? > > > > > > http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets- > Remember- > > Property-pattern > > > > Edwin G. Castro > > Software Developer - Staff > > Electronic Banking Services > > Fiserv > > Office: 503-746-0643 > > Fax: 503-617-0291 > > www.fiserv.com<http://www.fiserv.com/> > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD > > value)! > > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > > price-free! > > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
