Re: [WiX-users] Problem with removing registry key containing version info and not removing an assembly while doing a major upgrade

I solved it by scheduling the RemoveExistingProducts standard action after InstallFinalize and I used RemoveRegistryKey element to remove registry keys that contain version information. Thanks -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 9. december 2009 07:56 To:

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with removing registry key containing version info and not removing an assembly while doing a major upgrade

Managed code files have two independent version numbers: the AssemblyVersion and the AssemblyFileVersion. The AssemblyVersion is part of the assembly's identity. The AssemblyFileVersion is not part of the identity (as far as .NET is concerned), but is the only one of the two that Windows Installer

[WiX-users] Problem with removing registry key containing version info and not removing an assembly while doing a major upgrade

Hi, While creating an installer that should do a major upgrade I firstly faced the problem that the registry key containing a version number (of the previous version) doesn't get removed. In order to make it possible that the installer of the upgrade removes it I changed the GUID of the

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with removing registry key containing version info and not removing an assembly while doing a major upgrade

Is the registry value containing the version number the keypath if its component? -Original Message- From: Ana Martic [mailto:t-anm...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:31 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problem with removing registry key