This should be how a major upgrade works, especially if you position the
removal logic in the right place. I have this in my wxs:
<Upgrade Id="9E9EAAF1-4AF9-46D4-89AA-AD26AE05208A">
<UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="no" Property="PREVIOUSVERSIONFOUND"
IncludeMinimum="yes" Minimum="1.0.0.0"
IncludeMaximum="yes" Maximum="6.1.0.0" />
</Upgrade>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<RemoveExistingProducts
After="InstallValidate">PREVIOUSVERSIONFOUND</RemoveExistingProducts>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
This removes previous versions completely before installing. You could
put RemoveExistingProducts later on, but this means that only changed
components will be replaced. I wanted to replace everything, so this
was the solution I came up with.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of YungWei
Chen
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:37 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; MySelf
Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall the old version and then install the
newerone.
Hi,
I don't want users to manually uninstall the older version of the
app in Add/Remove Programs of Control Panel before they install a newer
one. I'd like to create such an msi file that prompts users to uninstall
the older version of the application and then install the newer. Please
point me to the right direction, thanks.
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