[WiX-devs] WIX Major Upgrade Issue

[Kshama Bafna (Persistent Systems Private Ltd)]

Hi,

I am new as a WIX developer. I am facing issue related to major upgrade in WIX. 
As per my understanding, major Upgrade in WIX uninstalls the previous versions 
and installs the newer version.

In my case, the newer version is installed by WIX but the older version is not 
uninstalled. I have added file1.txt in version 1.0.0 of my WiX installer. In 
the 2nd version (1.0.1), I have removed file1.txt and added file2.txt. When I 
install version 1.0.0, the file1.txt gets copied at the correct location. Now, 
when I install version 1.0.1, the file2.txt gets copied at the desired location 
but  the file1.txt is not removed. I was expecting the file1.txt to get removed 
automatically when I installed the 2nd version (1.0.1). The WIX files for both 
the versions has the same upgrade code.

I am sure that the older version is not getting uninstalled is due to the fact 
that I can see multiple version of the same installable in my Add / Remove 
Programs.

The WIX file is as below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>

    <Product Id="*"
         UpgradeCode="393525F5-2296-4e42-A32C-07AA4E548863"
         Name="WixProject_Upgrade"
         Language="1033"
         Version="1.0.3"
         Manufacturer="Wix">

    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />

      <Upgrade Id="A2BFC8A4-63BE-42b3-A868-24D16D5520F8">
        <UpgradeVersion Minimum="1.0.0"
                        Maximum="1.0.3"
                        IncludeMinimum="yes"
                        IncludeMaximum="no"
                        Property="UPGRADEFOUND"
                        OnlyDetect="no"
                        IgnoreRemoveFailure="no"
                        />
      </Upgrade>


      <InstallExecuteSequence>
        <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallValidate"/>
      </InstallExecuteSequence>

    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

            <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
                  <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
                        <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" 
Name="WixProject_Upgrade">
          <Component Id='file2' Guid='BD7E9E5F-52D5-4c84-9961-D5F31490971B'>
            <File Id='file2' Name='file2'  Source='file2.txt' />
          </Component>
        </Directory>
                  </Directory>
            </Directory>

            <Feature Id="ProductFeature2" Title="WixProject_Upgrade2" Level="1">
      <ComponentRef Id="file2"/>
    </Feature>
  </Product>
  </Wix>

Please let me know if I am missing anything here.

Thanks and Regards,
Kshama


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