Re: [WiX-users] Protect installed msi files

2012-04-30 Thread Kristjan Laane
Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 30 April 2012 01:17 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Protect installed msi files Self-healing is a feature of the Windows Installer. There are several ways to get it to kick in. The most common is through

Re: [WiX-users] Protect installed msi files

2012-04-30 Thread Kristjan Laane
="" -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 30 April 2012 01:17 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Protect installed

Re: [WiX-users] Protect installed msi files

2012-04-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Self-healing is a feature of the Windows Installer. There are several ways to get it to kick in. The most common is through Advertised entry points. You might decompile your old VS setup/deployment project and see if it has things Advertised or otherwise organized differently. You could also get

[WiX-users] Protect installed msi files

2012-04-29 Thread Kristjan Laane
Hello again When I used to create my msis through Visual Studio Setup and Deployment projects then these installers protected the files that got installed i.e. if I installed the application and then manually deleted a file (such as an included image content file) then when the next time the main