I think you might have to use a RegistrySearch to get the current values and use those as the values to write.
Rob Rennie Petersen wrote: > No answers. :-( > > Of course, this is not WiX specific, but I'm wondering if someone could > help me anyway. > > To elaborate, the situation is that in my MSI I have not written any > <Upgrade element, nor any <RemoveExistingProducts element. > > The <Product element contains the same Version= tag (Version="4.1.1.0") > and the same UpgradeCode=guid tag as used when the prior install was done. > > On the msiexec.exe command line I specify REINSTALL=ALL and > REINSTALLMODE=vos. I'm not specifying REINSTALLMODE=vomus because I do > not want the registry entries to be modified. > > But the registry entries are being modified anyway. > > Any idea of how I can prevent this? > > Thanks. > > Rennie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > *Rennie Petersen > *Sent:* 6. juni 2007 19:18 > *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Subject:* [WiX-users] Avoiding registry entries being modified > withREINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vos > > I'm doing a reinstall, but I don't want the existing registry > entries to be modified. > > So instead of specifying REINSTALLMODE=vomus I specify > REINSTALLMODE=vos. > > But the registry entries still get reset to the values in my MSI. > > Is it possible to avoid this? > > Thanks. > > Rennie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
