I suggest reading through the File Versioning stuff in the MSI SDK. It talks
in depth about when files are replace during the install.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Hennemann
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:29 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Overwrite existing files during install
I have created several WiX installs and normally I do not have to worry about
any of the files I am putting on the system already being there...however with
my latest install the files I am dumping on the system could possible be on the
system already. Is there a way that I can ensure that they files get
overwritten (even if the existing files are possibly in use during the
install). I have attempted to reboot after applying the install, thinking that
they would then get moved into place, but they have not. Anyone have some
ideas on how to accomplish this?
Thanks for you time,
Nick
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