There are some caveats. I'm pretty sure you need MSI 4.5, and you can't add msidbComponentAttributesShared in the patch - it needs to be in the original product install, in case you're doing that.
Phil Wilson On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:24 AM, william lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > uninstalling a msp, I found shared components files downgrade to original > version. > such shared components have ref counting and > msidbComponentAttributesShared. > it should keep highest version when other product also refer it, as > promised by msidbComponentAttributesShared attribute. > > I inspect the log, found FileCopy to restore shared component files from > cache, due to > REINSTALLMODE specifies all files to be overwritten. > > I'm surprised why uninstalling msp will have such default REINSTALLMODE. > And it is not respecting my command line pass in REINSTALLMODE as well. > > p.s. the msp is created with only version increase, product code and > upgrade code unchanged. > shared component files increase the version in MSP. > > Thanks, > William L. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and > AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, > analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. > Visit us today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
