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Quick answer: Check out REINSTALLMODE Property.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Dandre Jansen van Vuuren <
dandre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> How can one let Wix reinstall the files it had when a repair operation is
> performed? I have config files with keywords in them that need to be
> replaced during the installation depending on what the user specified. When
> a user does a repair, I want the installer to bring up the settings
> specification dialog again and when it repairs the installation it should
> recopy the configs thats in the installer and replace those keywords again.
> I can do the dialogs and so on, its just the reinstall of those config files
> that I don't know how to do.
>
> Any ideas? I remember that it used to work in Wix 3.0 but in 3.5 it no
> longer does.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Dandre
>
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