Try Component@Permanent='yes'
Rob
On 19/08/2011 18:19, Pratapa Reddy Sanaga wrote:
Hi,
Is there a way I can ask the MSI not to delete the registry values it has
written to the MSI during uninstallation?
I'm looking at the RegistryKey's Action options. create or
createAndRemoveOnUninstall
I use WixEdit and like it. It's a GUI editor plus a simple wizard and a
couple of other features. You can switch into the .wxs file easily using one
of the menu items that runs a text editor of your choice and it will detect
and reload changes when you switch back. The files it generates can be
I'd echo Peter's sentiments of WiXEdit. I used it a lot when I was learning WiX
Windows Installer (back in the v2.0 days) it was invaluable as a teaching
aid alongside the WiX tutorial. However I find Votive (WiX native plug-in for
Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010) a far better solution all round
No, you'll need to create a separate CopyFile element for each subdirectory.
The directory paths need to exist in the Directory Table otherwise Windows
Installer doesn't know anything about them. You can't put completely unknown
stuff on to the target machine in the first place to use the
I second the vote for WixEdit. I used it when first setting up my
installer. Helped me learn WiX to some extent.
Now that the files are littered with preprocessor commands and I only make
small, minor changes, I find it easier to edit the WXS files directly in a
text editor.
One thing I feel
I also like using WixEdit for simple changes and prototyping. It has a lot of
very good feature and is easy to use.
It does re-format lines and makes it hard to preserve comments. But once you
are aware of these limitations it is still very useful.
I use WixEdit in conjunction with Notepad++
I am trying to add some custom actions (CA's) after AppSearch.
However, since AppSearch action is in both InstallExecuteSequence and
InstallUISequence tables, my CA's are performed twice.
Is it possible to tell the installer to perform my CA's only during
InstallExecuteSequence, not during
Worth mentioning is IMHO SharpDevelop in a version 4.0.1.7090 (or
higher) for editing dialogs. With help of this tool a standalone
dialog (wxs files from WiX sources like e.g. InstallDirDlg.wxs) can be
opened, previewed and edited in Design view. Combined with Votive it
offers good abilities for
Look at firstSequence for the Execute attribute to the CustomAction element
in the documentation.
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John Merryweather Cooper
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Build Install Engineer - jXchange
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-Original Message-
...and be aware that Permanent is a setting that gets propagated to the system.
It's not just a project setting. I mention this because I've come across people
who have a follow-up question that goes something like Now I've marked the
component as not permanent anymore, why isn't it getting
Hi...
Sorry to keep asking questions about Wix 2.0, but I haven't
gotten clearance to upgrade the tools.
I'm trying to get a windows service to install running under
the NETWORK SERVICE account for some new dependencies. I tried adding
Account=NT
Mark
Not 100% sure on this answer, but try BuiltIn\NetworkService or
[ComputerName]\NetworkService
Michael
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From: Mark Modrall [mailto:mmodr...@mzinga.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 8:00 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
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