Hi Rob, You are correct, my daemon process is totally invisible to user. Does this mean, we can assume Windows Service is more friendly to RM when uninstall than a daemon way? If it is true, then we should create all background worker process as Service then.
Thanks! William L. On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > I think the difference is Restart Manager not Windows installer. RM > knows how to stop services and processes with a top level visible > window (IIRC) so it doesn't complain about those. Your daemon is > probably invisible and thus gets the less desirable behavior. > From: william lee > Sent: 2/18/2012 1:23 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] InstallValidate Action check Windows Service or > not? > Hi, > I met a common problem when create an app installer. > The app is running 24x7, like a daemon process. When Uninstall the app, > the InstallValidate try trigger Files In Use dialog or Restart Manager, > because it is still running when Uninstall. > This is easy to understand. > > I just create a simple demo, If I create a native Windows Service by using > ATL, and a MSI by Wix to install it, start the service. > Then during Uninstall, even the service is still running, I can see the > process in Task Manager as well, Windows Installer just uninstall > successfully. The service was stopped and removed, files got deleted. > InstallValidate does not pop up Files In Use or Restart Manager during > Uninstall. > > Does it mean, InstallValidate treat Windows Service and Windows Application > differently? I'm testing on Win7 Pro, with UAC off. > > Thanks, > William L. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
