Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-08 Thread Blair Murri
: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL Hi Rob, I recognize that System Restore isn't a magic bullet, but it has been working fairly well for me in this case. It turns out that the package cache was not in a dirty state. Instead, I found out the wrong MSI was put online

Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-08 Thread Wesley Manning
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL This speaks to the best practice of always setting up your bundles so that they use the package hashes instead of signatures to validate that the correct package was retrieved. From

Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL So you mean set SuppressSignatureVerification=yes in the MSIPackage, ExePackage,... ? Looks like I'm going to have to make a change although I don't do this and had no problem so far. . Wes -Original

Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-07 Thread Daniel Madill
-Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:36 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL First guess: maybe the packages are being reference counted by another

[WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-06 Thread Daniel Madill
Hi, I have a simple burn bundle that contains three packages: .NET, a 64-bit MSI and an equivalent 32-bit MSI. The MSIs are not compressed as part of the bundle EXE but are external. The MsiPackage elements have both a SourceFile attribute and a DownloadURL attribute. If I run the bundle EXE

Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-06 Thread Rob Mensching
not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL Hi, I have a simple burn bundle that contains three packages: .NET, a 64-bit MSI and an equivalent 32-bit MSI. The MSIs are not compressed as part of the bundle EXE but are external. The MsiPackage elements have both a SourceFile attribute and a DownloadURL attribute

Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-06 Thread Daniel Madill
Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:36 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL First guess: maybe the packages are being reference counted by another bundle still on the machine

Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL

2014-01-06 Thread Rob Mensching
Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:36 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn not uninstalling MSI downloaded from URL First guess: maybe the packages are being reference counted by another bundle still