(directed to the list at large...) If you put the registry value in it's own component and use the same component GUID for al of your installs, shouldn't MSI's reference counting keep the key around until all of the apps that need it are uninstalled?
Don BrianG wrote: >My company has different applications that use the same USB device. As such, >they all install registry keys for the AutoPlay functionality of the device. >I need to prevent the removal of the device's DeviceHandlers key upon >uninstall of an application. If this key is removed, it breaks the AutoPlay >for all the other apps that use the device. If I suppress the entire >RemoveRegistry function then the uninstalled app appears in the AutoPlay >list but will, of course, not launch. Does WIX have anything that would >allow me to prevent the removal of this single registry key or possibly >re-write the key at the end of the uninstall process? > >Thank you, >BrianG > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
