you can also use /qn (quiet no ui)
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Jeremiahf <jeremi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Restart Options > /norestart > Do not restart after the installation is complete > /promptrestart > Prompts the user for restart if necessary > /forcerestart > Always restart the computer after installation > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:21 PM, <keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca> wrote: > >> Do I have to have created a proper ServiceControl *before* I do the >> upgrade, or can my new package do everything? In any case, I do have >> ServiceControl Stop="both" and Wait="yes" in the *existing* packages >> (including the one which was causing some people trouble), so something is >> funny. Is there a problem with the name: some services use an 8 character >> name, but I've never had any other trouble with "EscalationService" as a >> name, so ... >> >> As for the restart, there's a situation's explanation missing: how do the >> command line arguments to msiexec work? (/quiet and /norestart.) Does that >> work to simply *stop* the restart you mentioned? Or does it fail the >> install because it can't tell you it is about to do so because of /quiet? >> Or does it just do it? Do those interact with RestartManager in any way? >> >> >> >> >> Keith Douglas >> Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 >> Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 >> keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca >> Telephone | Téléphone 613-854-5589 >> Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-4674 >> Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] >> Sent: April-25-14 1:05 PM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restart manager, services, unattended installs >> >> You haven't said (or I missed it) if you're using ServiceControl - you >> can use that to shut down the service and restart it after the upgrade. In >> most cases that will mitigate any files-in-use situations because Windows >> looks at the ServiceControl table to see if the service will be shut down. >> That may make a difference in your case. >> >> If it's a completely silent install, it'll stay silent. There'll be no >> dialogs, and if a reboot is needed it will just do it - it can't prompt in >> a silent install, and a reboot is needed to complete the install so it does >> it. >> --------------- >> Phil Wilson >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Marc Beaudry <mbeau...@matrox.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi Keith, >> > >> > Not sure that the Util:RestartResource does but have you tried >> > something simple like: >> > >> > <Property Id="REBOOT" Value="ReallySuppress"></Property> >> > >> > I am using this: >> > <Property Id="MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL" Value="Disable"/> >> > <Property Id="REBOOT" Value="ReallySuppress"></Property> >> > >> > And all my reboots seem suppressed. >> > >> > Hope this helps, >> > Marc >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] >> > Sent: April-25-2014 9:50 AM >> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restart manager, services, unattended >> > installs >> > >> > Hi Marc, I think I'm finally piecing this together: the only very >> > missing part is the interaction with /quiet - if I am not mistaken. >> > But I have one question for everyone: >> > >> > Util:RestartResource - does one use that to register that one wants to >> > restart an *existing* application / service, or does it flag part of >> > one's installation as sensitive for the changes to *it*? If it is the >> > latter, I will be no further ahead until I install an update which >> > includes that, presumably. (Once I also set MSIRMSHUTDOWN=2 and >> > MSIDISABLERMRESTART=0) >> > >> > My question is the dual to the one on stackoverflow: 8354767. The >> > person there wants to prevent auto-kill; I want to do the opposite (to >> > ensure that the installation succeeds). >> > >> > >> > Keith Douglas >> > Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 >> > Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A >> > 0T6 keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-854-5589 >> > Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-4674 Government of Canada | >> > Gouvernement du Canada >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Marc Beaudry [mailto:mbeau...@matrox.com] >> > Sent: April-24-14 5:31 PM >> > To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restart manager, services, unattended >> > installs >> > >> > Hi Keith, >> > >> > I am not running silently and the Property and the removal of the >> > dialogs worked for my Windows 7 installation, on Windows 8 I am still >> > getting the Restart at the very end, when the MSI terminates (The last >> dialog closes). >> > It seems to be popping the reboot dialog from Windows Installer and not >> WIX. >> > >> > Sorry I couldn't be of more help, >> > Marc >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] >> > Sent: April-24-2014 4:37 PM >> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restart manager, services, unattended >> > installs >> > >> > Hi Marc, thanks for answering. >> > >> > I am not sure the property you mentioned is the right one: the >> > documentation says that with it set the way you recommend the >> > FilesInUse dialog will be used. But since I do unattended/installs >> > from a service, that doesn't sound useful - since it seems that would >> > freeze the installation waiting for the input which can never come. >> > Unless of course some other option (on the command line? a property?) >> > works to automatically answer the dialog with a "shut down the >> > process" type answer. But that's precisely what I don't see explained >> > - least of all on that page. Is it buried somewhere else? In fact I >> already use the property in question, so maybe this is exactly opposite? >> > Hm, for some reason I have MSIRMSHUTDOWN = 2 set as well. Maybe that's >> > wrong. >> > >> > >> > As for the Restart Manager APIs, I found on my own aa373682, which >> > explains how to register applications to automatically be shutdown and >> restarted. >> > That sounds promising, but how do I do that from WiX? >> Util:RestartResource ? >> > I seem to have tried that in the past unsuccessfully. >> > >> > >> > Keith Douglas >> > Statistics Canada | 170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6 >> > Statistique Canada | 170, promenade Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A >> > 0T6 keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 613-854-5589 >> > Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-4674 Government of Canada | >> > Gouvernement du Canada >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Marc Beaudry [mailto:mbeau...@matrox.com] >> > Sent: April-24-14 4:04 PM >> > To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' >> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Restart manager, services, unattended >> > installs >> > >> > Hi Keith, >> > >> > Far from being an expert, but I am currently dealing with similar >> issues: >> > >> > Here is an Idea: >> > <Property Id="MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL" Value="Disable"/> >> > >> > Also you can remove the FileInUse dialogs from within the WIX sources >> > >> > And lastly take a look at this: >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373649(v=vs.85).aspx >> > >> > Hope this helps, >> > Marc >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] >> > Sent: April-24-2014 3:07 PM >> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > Subject: [WiX-users] Restart manager, services, unattended installs >> > >> > We have a in house windows service installed by a WiX installer. Since >> > our users on these remote systems are not administrators, this install >> > is actually "brokered" by the same service. That is, msiexec is called >> > by the service itself, and the installation is called with /quiet >> > /norestart as we do not want the user to see anything nor to have the >> > OS reboot immediately, as the user will be confused/lose work, etc. by >> > this. Unfortunately under some circumstances the installation fails >> > because the files from the service (e.g. its EXE and its remoting >> > proxy library) are in use. I don't care if it takes a reboot to finish >> > the installation; but I do want to ensure the files are eventually >> > updated and the service continues working. What is the most reliable >> > way to do this? I take it that if the installation were to be manual >> > the FilesInUse dialog would do the trick, but with the unattended, >> SYSTEM brokered install this won't of course work. So what will "click OK" >> > there and do the shutdown and restart of the service? 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