[WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature
Hi All, I've a couple of queries on WIX installers. 1. I've created an installer for Windows Vista. I've disabled the Remove feature from Add/Remove Programs by setting the ARPNOREMOVE property to 1. This has also disabled the Remove option from Windows Defender. Though, When I click on Show All Users in Windows Defender, the Remove is enabled. But I want the Remove option to be disabled even for Sow All Users. Is there any property that I can set to do this or any custom action that would help the cause? 2. I want to check if a previous version of the Product already exists and If it does, I want to uninstall it and then install the current version. Though, I cannot resort to the Upgrade feature because it mandates the use of the ReinstallAll property with the msiexec command. Otherwise, it mandates the change of the Product GUID as a major Upgrade. But I don't want to change the product GUID either. I want to do the uninstall of the previous version and then proceed with the current installation from within the .msi. Also, I don't want to write a wrapper Setup.exe which would in turn call the msiexec command with the ReInstallAll property. Is there a possible way of doing this from the .msi? Please mail me If you have a solution for either of my queries. Thanks In Advance, Sagar - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature
1.) Maybe if you set the ALLUSERS property to 1 that would take care of it? 2.) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like a major upgrade is what you're talking about. I think that if you change the version string it will do a major upgrade? The major upgrade from my understanding will uninstall the previous version, and install the new version. If you use the same product Guid, I think that's how it finds the previous version, and you don't have to do anything yourself. If you want to package the msi into an exe, on the WiX sourceforge page there's a nice bootstrapper sample project that is akin to msistuff.exe in that, well, it is msistuff.exe with an additional option to package an msi file right into the exe. On 2/21/07, Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've a couple of queries on WIX installers. 1. I've created an installer for Windows Vista. I've disabled the Remove feature from Add/Remove Programs by setting the ARPNOREMOVE property to 1. This has also disabled the Remove option from Windows Defender. Though, When I click on Show All Users in Windows Defender, the Remove is enabled. But I want the Remove option to be disabled even for Sow All Users. Is there any property that I can set to do this or any custom action that would help the cause? 2. I want to check if a previous version of the Product already exists and If it does, I want to uninstall it and then install the current version. Though, I cannot resort to the Upgrade feature because it mandates the use of the ReinstallAll property with the msiexec command. Otherwise, it mandates the change of the Product GUID as a major Upgrade. But I don't want to change the product GUID either. I want to do the uninstall of the previous version and then proceed with the current installation from within the .msi. Also, I don't want to write a wrapper Setup.exe which would in turn call the msiexec command with the ReInstallAll property. Is there a possible way of doing this from the .msi? Please mail me If you have a solution for either of my queries. Thanks In Advance, Sagar - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature
For the new version to uninstall the previous, an Upgrade tag is needed with an UpgradeVersion tag under it having the OnlyDetect attribute set to 'no': Upgrade Id=UPGRADE_CODE_FROM_PREV_SETUP UpgradeCode OnlyDetect=no Maximum=1.1.0 IncludeMaximum=no/ /Upgrade Note that Upgrade tag's Id attribute refers to previous setup's UpgradeCode and not Product Guid (Product tag's Id attribute). Dacian - Original Message From: Levi Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Kansana Hariharan (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:50:50 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature 1.) Maybe if you set the ALLUSERS property to 1 that would take care of it? 2.) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like a major upgrade is what you're talking about. I think that if you change the version string it will do a major upgrade? The major upgrade from my understanding will uninstall the previous version, and install the new version. If you use the same product Guid, I think that's how it finds the previous version, and you don't have to do anything yourself. If you want to package the msi into an exe, on the WiX sourceforge page there's a nice bootstrapper sample project that is akin to msistuff.exe in that, well, it is msistuff.exe with an additional option to package an msi file right into the exe. On 2/21/07, Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've a couple of queries on WIX installers. 1. I've created an installer for Windows Vista. I've disabled the Remove feature from Add/Remove Programs by setting the ARPNOREMOVE property to 1. This has also disabled the Remove option from Windows Defender. Though, When I click on Show All Users in Windows Defender, the Remove is enabled. But I want the Remove option to be disabled even for Sow All Users. Is there any property that I can set to do this or any custom action that would help the cause? 2. I want to check if a previous version of the Product already exists and If it does, I want to uninstall it and then install the current version. Though, I cannot resort to the Upgrade feature because it mandates the use of the ReinstallAll property with the msiexec command. Otherwise, it mandates the change of the Product GUID as a major Upgrade. But I don't want to change the product GUID either. I want to do the uninstall of the previous version and then proceed with the current installation from within the .msi. Also, I don't want to write a wrapper Setup.exe which would in turn call the msiexec command with the ReInstallAll property. Is there a possible way of doing this from the .msi? Please mail me If you have a solution for either of my queries. Thanks In Advance, Sagar - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature
1. The ALLUSERS property is already set to 1. This property is set to 1 just to install it for all users but it doesn't serve in disabling the Remove feature for ALLUSERS. 2. I don't want to Product Code by doing a major Upgrade. A major Upgrade finds if the previous version is installed or not using its Upgrade Code but the product code is changed. Also I don't want to use a bootstrapper. I want the msi to check if the previous version exists, if it does then uninstall it and then proceed with the installation. Can I do it with the help of any custom actions? From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:21 PM To: Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Kansana Hariharan (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature 1.) Maybe if you set the ALLUSERS property to 1 that would take care of it? 2.) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like a major upgrade is what you're talking about. I think that if you change the version string it will do a major upgrade? The major upgrade from my understanding will uninstall the previous version, and install the new version. If you use the same product Guid, I think that's how it finds the previous version, and you don't have to do anything yourself. If you want to package the msi into an exe, on the WiX sourceforge page there's a nice bootstrapper sample project that is akin to msistuff.exe in that, well, it is msistuff.exe with an additional option to package an msi file right into the exe. On 2/21/07, Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've a couple of queries on WIX installers. 1. I've created an installer for Windows Vista. I've disabled the Remove feature from Add/Remove Programs by setting the ARPNOREMOVE property to 1. This has also disabled the Remove option from Windows Defender. Though, When I click on Show All Users in Windows Defender, the Remove is enabled. But I want the Remove option to be disabled even for Sow All Users. Is there any property that I can set to do this or any custom action that would help the cause? 2. I want to check if a previous version of the Product already exists and If it does, I want to uninstall it and then install the current version. Though, I cannot resort to the Upgrade feature because it mandates the use of the ReinstallAll property with the msiexec command. Otherwise, it mandates the change of the Product GUID as a major Upgrade. But I don't want to change the product GUID either. I want to do the uninstall of the previous version and then proceed with the current installation from within the .msi. Also, I don't want to write a wrapper Setup.exe which would in turn call the msiexec command with the ReInstallAll property. Is there a possible way of doing this from the .msi? Please mail me If you have a solution for either of my queries. Thanks In Advance, Sagar - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.netmailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature
2. What you describe here is called a Major Upgrade by the Windows Installer. There is a topic devoted to it in the MSI SDK. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:02 AM To: Levi Wilson Cc: Kansana Hariharan (Infosys Technologies Ltd); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature 1. The ALLUSERS property is already set to 1. This property is set to 1 just to install it for all users but it doesn't serve in disabling the Remove feature for ALLUSERS. 2. I don't want to Product Code by doing a major Upgrade. A major Upgrade finds if the previous version is installed or not using its Upgrade Code but the product code is changed. Also I don't want to use a bootstrapper. I want the msi to check if the previous version exists, if it does then uninstall it and then proceed with the installation. Can I do it with the help of any custom actions? From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:21 PM To: Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Kansana Hariharan (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature 1.) Maybe if you set the ALLUSERS property to 1 that would take care of it? 2.) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like a major upgrade is what you're talking about. I think that if you change the version string it will do a major upgrade? The major upgrade from my understanding will uninstall the previous version, and install the new version. If you use the same product Guid, I think that's how it finds the previous version, and you don't have to do anything yourself. If you want to package the msi into an exe, on the WiX sourceforge page there's a nice bootstrapper sample project that is akin to msistuff.exe in that, well, it is msistuff.exe with an additional option to package an msi file right into the exe. On 2/21/07, Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've a couple of queries on WIX installers. 1. I've created an installer for Windows Vista. I've disabled the Remove feature from Add/Remove Programs by setting the ARPNOREMOVE property to 1. This has also disabled the Remove option from Windows Defender. Though, When I click on Show All Users in Windows Defender, the Remove is enabled. But I want the Remove option to be disabled even for Sow All Users. Is there any property that I can set to do this or any custom action that would help the cause? 2. I want to check if a previous version of the Product already exists and If it does, I want to uninstall it and then install the current version. Though, I cannot resort to the Upgrade feature because it mandates the use of the ReinstallAll property with the msiexec command. Otherwise, it mandates the change of the Product GUID as a major Upgrade. But I don't want to change the product GUID either. I want to do the uninstall of the previous version and then proceed with the current installation from within the .msi. Also, I don't want to write a wrapper Setup.exe which would in turn call the msiexec command with the ReInstallAll property. Is there a possible way of doing this from the .msi? Please mail me If you have a solution for either of my queries. Thanks In Advance, Sagar - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.netmailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature
The odd thing here is that if you were willing to change the ProductCode this would be a walk in the park - the major upgrade would do what you want. Having said that, you can't get there with your requirements. If you don't change the ProductCode then Windows thinks your product is already installed and will go into maintenance mode or another version of this product is already installed. Therefore you won't get the opportunity to run a custom action because you won't get that far. This where I think you're stuck: your comment I cannot resort to the Upgrade feature because it mandates the use of the ReinstallAll property with the msiexec command is incorrect when applied to major upgrades. So if you were willing to change the ProductCode guid you'd just install the new package with a major upgrade and you'd get the required result. There's no special command line, just an ordinary install, and if the older version is detected it gets uninstalled. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:02 AM To: Levi Wilson Cc: Kansana Hariharan (Infosys Technologies Ltd); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature 1. The ALLUSERS property is already set to 1. This property is set to 1 just to install it for all users but it doesn't serve in disabling the Remove feature for ALLUSERS. 2. I don't want to Product Code by doing a major Upgrade. A major Upgrade finds if the previous version is installed or not using its Upgrade Code but the product code is changed. Also I don't want to use a bootstrapper. I want the msi to check if the previous version exists, if it does then uninstall it and then proceed with the installation. Can I do it with the help of any custom actions? From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:21 PM To: Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Kansana Hariharan (Infosys Technologies Ltd) Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reg. Disabling Remove from Windows Defender, and Upgrade feature 1.) Maybe if you set the ALLUSERS property to 1 that would take care of it? 2.) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like a major upgrade is what you're talking about. I think that if you change the version string it will do a major upgrade? The major upgrade from my understanding will uninstall the previous version, and install the new version. If you use the same product Guid, I think that's how it finds the previous version, and you don't have to do anything yourself. If you want to package the msi into an exe, on the WiX sourceforge page there's a nice bootstrapper sample project that is akin to msistuff.exe in that, well, it is msistuff.exe with an additional option to package an msi file right into the exe. On 2/21/07, Vidhya Sagar Bhogavalli (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've a couple of queries on WIX installers. 1. I've created an installer for Windows Vista. I've disabled the Remove feature from Add/Remove Programs by setting the ARPNOREMOVE property to 1. This has also disabled the Remove option from Windows Defender. Though, When I click on Show All Users in Windows Defender, the Remove is enabled. But I want the Remove option to be disabled even for Sow All Users. Is there any property that I can set to do this or any custom action that would help the cause? 2. I want to check if a previous version of the Product already exists and If it does, I want to uninstall it and then install the current version. Though, I cannot resort to the Upgrade feature because it mandates the use of the ReinstallAll property with the msiexec command. Otherwise, it mandates the change of the Product GUID as a major Upgrade. But I don't want to change the product GUID either. I want to do the uninstall of the previous version and then proceed with the current installation from within the .msi. Also, I don't want to write a wrapper Setup.exe which would in turn call the msiexec command with the ReInstallAll property. Is there a possible way of doing this from the .msi? Please mail me If you have a solution for either of my queries. Thanks In Advance, Sagar - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
