Hi Rob, Thanks for reply~ see my first email, I do make sure the custom action is scheduled before RemoveRegistryValues.
But the registry key is still get removed before my CA read it. :( thanks William L. On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>wrote: > Deferred custom actions run during script execution based on their relation > to other actions in the MSI. > > In this case, it sounds like you want your custom action to be scheduled > Before="RemoveRegistryValues" ( > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371207(VS.85).aspx). > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:58 PM, John Bergman < > john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > > > I thought deferred custom uninstall actions ran after the normal > uninstall > > stuff... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: william lee [mailto:wele...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:12 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] When does the Registry key/value get deleted during > > Uninstall > > > > Hi, > > There is a tricky problem bother me these days. I don't understand why > the > > certain Registry key/value got removed before my uninstall custom action > is > > called. > > we have a custom action scheduled after ProcessComponents, but before > > RemoveRegistryValues: > > InstallValidate > > InstallInitialize > > ProcessComponents > > MyCA > > .... > > RemoveRegistryValues > > > > we also defined Registry key/value in the MSI's Registry table. so it > will > > get created and removed during install and uninstall. > > MyCA is a deferred uninstall custom action will read from that Registry > > Key. > > > > but during our testing, when MyCA is get called, the Registry key is > > already deleted. > > Does ProcessComponents will delete the registry key?? I thought > > RemoveRegistryValues will do that job. > > > > > > thanks, > > William L. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing > > and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
