You still had a chance at resolving this if you hadn't removed the "extra" entries (they would have given us a clue where to look) but now that's done, you'll truly get back to a working state faster by reinstalling the OS and all your tools/etc. then by messing with it further...
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 7:49 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstallation removes nothing Hmm, you may have confused the Windows Installer. Mucking around with their private store isn't usually a good idea. <smile/> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Thorsten Tarrach <thors...@atomia.com>wrote: > Hello, > > > > I played around with Major Updates and somehow I got into a situation now > where none of the files is removed by uninstallation. It is not an error > with the package, as the latest version works quite fine on a different > machine. > > It must be something in the registry of that machine. But I want this fixed > rather than having to reinstall everything on that machine. > > > > In the log file it looks like this for all components: > > > > MSI (s) (AC:50) [06:55:07:509]: Component: > cmp3DF3B0032BBE812DD63BFBFDDAD8EADB; Installed: Absent; Request: Null; > Action: Null > > > > In the registry > > (SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-.\Components > \014D60A4873EBBD50B5B2170FAD4ABCC) There were originally two entries to > each > file. One was removed on uninstallation, one retained. So I wrote a > powershell script to remove all these extra values. Now there is only one > that is created during installation, but still it is not removed on > uninstall. > > > > Has anyone any experience with that? > > > > Thanks, Thorsten > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > 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
