2011/9/26 Yuri Sevastyanov <y...@tightvnc.com>: > Thank You, Dirk! >> Yuri, >> >> I'd recommend using MSI-internal functions to uninstall and uninstall >> services instead of Custom Actions. See >> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_serviceinstall.htm for >> installation and >> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_servicecontrol.htm for >> removal. >> > I've tried to use the ServiceControl element > > <Component Id='ServerExe' Guid='A_GUID'> > <ServiceControl Id="ServiceRemover" > Name="tvnserver" > Remove="uninstall" > Stop="uninstall" > Wait="yes" /> > <!-- tvnserver.exe --> > <File Id='tvnserverEXE' Name='tvnserver.exe' DiskId='1' > Source='$(var.BinFolder)\tvnserver.exe' KeyPath='yes'> > > and nothing has changed. The message appears again and the service > removes too. >> To avoid the message, simply stop the service before MSI runs its >> validation routines. >> > I didn't understand completely how I can stop the service before MSI > runs its > validation routines. Did you mean MSI means? Without privilege elevation? > > Thank you! >
Hi Yuri, I did not necessarily mean MSI means. You could also ask the user to stop the service, but I suppose that this is not the way of choice for a userfriendly (un)installer. You could use a CA to stop the service by executing "sc.exe stop tvnserver" and schedule it before InstallValidate. Regards, Dirk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
