[WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Sanjay Rao
Hi, Every time when I upgrade my software, install location dialog shows the default install location, It does not picks the previously installed location automatically. Is there any way to do this other than storing/searching registry keys. Pointer to a article is also welcome. Thanks in

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
would recall that. Neil -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: 02 February 2011 19:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation Hi, Every time when I upgrade my software, install

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Sanjay Rao
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation Hi, Every time when I upgrade my software, install location dialog shows the default install location, It does not picks the previously installed location automatically. Is there any way to do this other than

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Wilson, Phil
...@x2systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation I believe the registry is the only way: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Sanjay Rao
Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation I believe the registry is the only way: http

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Jeremy Farrell
Feel free to contribute the implementation and documentation. From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 8:48 PM There should be simpler method like MigrateFeatures in UpgradeVersionelement. On 02-02-2011 12:24, Neil Sleightholm wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Michael Osmond
...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2011 7:02 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation what will be way to do this using WIX ? I ruled out the registry storing/retrieving method, because there is a considerable amount

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Christopher Painter
- Original Message From: Jeremy Farrell jfarr...@pillardata.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 3:07:56 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation Feel free to contribute

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Wilson, Phil
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation what will be way to do this using WIX ? I ruled out the registry storing/retrieving method, because there is a considerable amount of xml needs to be written for it. I would not mind

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

2011-02-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation Has no one read :-) http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2011/1/14/ARPINSTALLLOCATION-and-how- to-set-it-with-the-WiX-toolset --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip