Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

A verbose log file should tell you what is going on. -Original Message- From: Jianjun An (Person Consulting) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 21:35 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

The problem is my MSI cannot remove the components if user changed default install path which I did not save it into registry. The context about this problem is in the attachment. Thanks Jianjun An (Person Consulting) wrote: How can I do that? I am seeking a way not using registry. What

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

Jianjun An (Person Consulting) wrote: The problem is my MSI cannot remove the components if user changed default install path which I did not save it into registry. It can. If you need a property value to run a custom action, for example, you need to store it in the registry and use a

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

In that case, something is definitely wrong. Uninstall should work from any install location without your intervention. You had said that we were both doing the same thing, but your directory table is not the same as mine. You have: Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

Things *might* also get confused if a CustomAction is modifying the Directory. PS: Directory/@Name=. is the same as not having the Directory/@Name. -Original Message- From: Kevin Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 08:54 To: Jianjun An (Person

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

I have changed my code. But it doesn't work. Please have a look at the code, there may be something wrong with directory I think. Do I miss some important things? Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Name=PFiles Directory Id= MyAppFolder Name=

[WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

Hi: I wrote a MSI file to install my application. It can let user select install path through BrowseDlg. But once user changes the default install path, it cannot remove any file which the MSI has installed. I checked the installation log file. I found that it cannot get the correct

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

You probably want the directory tree to look like this: Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Name=Program Files Directory Id=MyAppFolder Name=myappname Directory Id=INSTALLDIR / /Directory /Directory /Directory This sets INSTALLDIR to be

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

Thanks, what I did is same as what you suggested. The difference is yours CA has condition but mine is setting the INSTALLDIR property immediately. I checked some sample code of Wix, and found that some of them do not use registry to store install path and can also get user specified path when

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

BTW, if the registry which storing the install path be deleted by user or some other applications, can the uninstall get the correct install path ? -Original Message- From: Jianjun An (Person Consulting) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2008/11/25 11:41 To: Kevin Richardson Cc:

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get the correct INSTALLDIR at the beginning of uninstall?

Jianjun An (Person Consulting) wrote: How can I do that? I am seeking a way not using registry. What do you need it for? MSI will automatically remove the components it installs. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/