The Perflib key isn't very well designed in Windows; the very long REG_MULTI_SZ values are hard to maintain and you actually can't readily extract particular strings from the middle of the long string. In practice all you can do is append the new counters to the end, meaning that the Last Counter value increments on every installation.
The WiX custom action is simply calling the LoadPerfCounterTextStrings API to install, and UnloadPerfCounterTextStrings to uninstall. Modern server software creates a very large number of counters. Right now the Last Counter value on my computer is set to 12532 - I have .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 installed, plus four instances of SQL Server (one of SQL Server 2000 for my SourceGear Vault source control database, another for test databases, a SQL Server 2005 Express Edition instance added by VS2005 install and a SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition instance). Make sure your performance counter DLL can cope with six-digit (or greater) counter numbers. -- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amol Sent: 05 July 2007 17:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Performance counters not getting uninstalled properly Hi, I am using the PerfCounter element to install perfcounters for a service. <File Id="lodctr.ini" DiskId="1" Name="applod.ini" LongName="app_lodctr.ini" Source="$(var.stagingdir)\"> <PerfCounter Name="app"/> </File> This File element is under a Component that also creates the registry keys for the app in the appropriate places. However, on uninstall, while the registry keys do get deleted, the perflib key does not get updated to remove the information for my app. As a result, every time I install the application, it leaves vestiges of the last install in the registry and we end up with FUBARed counters (eventually. unfortunately it works for a long long time without any complaints). What I find is that uninstalling the -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Performance-counters-not-getting-uninstalled-properly- tf4030840.html#a11450046 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
