I’ve been struggling to get rid of the Files In Use dialog. Seems like there’s no easy way out.****
Ideally, I would like to execute my MSI with the /qb! mode, ie, showing only the progress bar with modal dialog boxes enabled (for instance, the reboot dialog at the end if needed for some reason).**** I don’t care if a reboot is needed at the end because another process had a handle open to a file that must be replaced during the upgrade, as long as the user has this message shown at the installation end. That’s why I cannot use /passive or /qb-!**** During the installation, through Custom Actions, my MSI does it best to close processes (well known ones in my business domain) that might block a file replacement. The problem is that there CAs must execute with elevated privileges (hence deferred), and, of course, after the InstallValidate action, that shows up the Files In Use dialog. Therefore, these CAs happens after the Files In Use dialog is shown. So it’s impossible to execute my CAs before the InstallValidate step.**** ** ** Will I have to create a bootstrapper what would kill the holding processes before executing the MSI, so that the Files In Use won’t detect anything (normally, since the user may be editing/blocking something, but that should be very rare, and outside control)???**** ** ** I’ve tried to play with**** ** ** <Property Id="MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL" Value="Disable" />**** <Property Id="MSIDISABLERMRESTART" Value="1" />**** <Property Id="MSIRMSHUTDOWN" Value="2" />**** ** ** but it works sometimes and sometimes not (that really got be puzzled), so I cannot trust them.**** ** ** Kind Regards,**** /Gustavo**** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
