Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2012-01-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Jan-12 09:05, Bruce Cran wrote: From a verbose install log I see that MainEngineThread is returning ERROR_SUCCESS_REBOOT_REQUIRED (3010) - I wonder if WI only checks for ERROR_SUCCESS when determining if it should refresh the list, or not the other ERROR_SUCCESS_* values? If so, would

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2012-01-05 Thread Bruce Cran
On 05/01/2012 13:54, Bruce Cran wrote: I'm also seeing this problem, with WiX 3.6. I click Uninstall, the program uninstalls and asks for a reboot. I answer No and the list of installed applications fails to refresh until I click F5. Having read about how WI checks whether it needs to

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2012-01-05 Thread Bruce Cran
On 26/10/2011 03:52, Bob Arnson wrote: On 25-Oct-11 12:03, john.burak wrote: Okay. I wonder what the difference is between doing an uninstall via the usual method and doing an uninstall via Change Remove. ARP is in charge: You click Uninstall and if it gets a success code, it refreshes.

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread john.burak
Bob Arnson-6 wrote: Nope. ARP/PF doesn't do a wholesale refresh of the program list for MSI packages. When you click Uninstall and it succeeds, it just deletes that one entry. Okay. I wonder what the difference is between doing an uninstall via the usual method and doing an uninstall

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
the environment before printing this e-mail -Original Message- From: john.burak [mailto:john.bu...@telvent.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:03 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes Bob Arnson-6 wrote: Nope

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread john.burak
Edwin G. Castro wrote: ARP/PF can and does list things that are not MSI products. Could some of those non-MSI products use an external API to perform the wholesale refresh? That was the only guess I had. On closer inspection, I bet Notepad++ isn't using Windows Installer. I guess the

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
Message- From: john.burak [mailto:john.bu...@telvent.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:06 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes Edwin G. Castro wrote: ARP/PF can and does list things that are not MSI

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Oct-11 12:03, john.burak wrote: Okay. I wonder what the difference is between doing an uninstall via the usual method and doing an uninstall via Change Remove. ARP is in charge: You click Uninstall and if it gets a success code, it refreshes. Otherwise, it does nothing. It doesn't

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 21-Oct-11 19:52, john.burak wrote: Anyone know, is this perhaps a minor bug in the UI/dialogs, Candle, or Light? It might make my QA person happy to know it's been reported ;) Nope. ARP/PF doesn't do a wholesale refresh of the program list for MSI packages. When you click Uninstall and it

[WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-21 Thread john.burak
Not a huge deal I know, but I did get an internal bug about how Add/Remove Programs (aka Programs and Features) doesn't refresh after doing a Change and picking Remove. A straight uninstall causes the refresh, but picking Change and navigating to Remove doesn't. I'm using a UI based on