Doing the upgrade with a verbose log will tell you if it's finding the previous product. One gotcha when everything else looks correct is that the older install could have per user (or per system) and your upgrade is the opposite.
Phil W -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Sniderman [mailto:dani...@magenic.com] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:47 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Migration from VS Setup Project to WIX - not uninstalling We are currently using a Visual Studio 2010 Setup project to generate the MSI for our application and I'm developing a replacement in WIX. Currently - it's not uninstalling the previous (Visual Studio generated) installation. I found a solution on Stack Overflow - but it's not working. I used Orca to find the UpgradeCode for the previous installation and that is what I'm using Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="*" Codepage="1252" Language="1033" Manufacturer="Abbott Laboratories" Name="$(var.Name)" UpgradeCode="{52E1A44E-FE13-48CE-8599-CDEDDB569F70}" Version="3.5.7" > <Package Compressed="yes" InstallerVersion="300" Languages="1033" Manufacturer="Abbott Laboratories" Platform="x86" /> <Upgrade Id="{52E1A44E-FE13-48CE-8599-CDEDDB569F70}" > <!--<UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="yes" Minimum="$(var.Version)" Property="NEWERVERSIONDETECTED" IncludeMinimum="no" /> <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="no" Maximum="$(var.Version)" Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED" IncludeMaximum="no" />--> <UpgradeVersion Minimum="1.0.0.0" Maximum="99.0.0.0" Property="PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED" IncludeMinimum="yes" IncludeMaximum="no" /> </Upgrade> <Property Id="PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED" Secure="yes" /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> Daniel P. Sniderman| Sr Consultant| Magenic MCSD.NET, MCTS: Team Foundation Server 2010 Administration 333 E. Butterfield Rd. Suite 100, Lombard, IL 60148 Mobile: 847-668-4882 | eFax 847-390-7810 magenic.com | dani...@magenic.com<mailto:dani...@magenic.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
