This is confusing - the log says Overwrite, hash doesn't match source file, and all that means that it DID replace the file on disk. If it wasn't going to replace it you'd see something like " Won't Overwrite; Won't patch; Existing file is unversioned and unmodified - hash matches source file"
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:36 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Overwrite an Existing File (More Info) Looking into this I found the following from the Windows Installer Log. MSI (s) (BC:A8) [16:12:38:802]: Executing op: FileCopy(SourceName=iumwmdfq.con|docinfo.exe.config,SourceCabKey=config, DestName=docinfo.exe.config,Attributes=512,FileSize=11567,PerTick=32768, ,VerifyMedia=1,,,,,CheckCRC=0,,,InstallMode=58982400,HashOptions=0,HashP art1=-1712850835,HashPart2=1231145881,HashPart3=-146243111,HashPart4=472 064521,,) MSI (s) (BC:A8) [16:12:38:802]: File: C:\docinfo\docinfo.exe.config; Overwrite; Won't patch; Existing file is unversioned and unmodified - hash doesn't match source file How do I version files or tell WiX that I would like this file installed anyways? Darrell darrell_list wrote: > I am moving my project from the install being just unzipping it to being > installed through a WiX created installer package (via Visual Studio Plug > In). > > I ran into an issue where WiX will not overwrite files in the folder with > the newer files from the installer. Keep in mind this is not an upgrade > since there was no installer for the last version of my program. > > How can I get my WiX package to overwrite existing files if they exist in > the folder prior to the installation? > > Thanks, > Darrell > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > -- ---------------------------------- Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude, Imail, mxGuard, and ORF. IMail/Declude Overflow Queue Monitoring, SURBL/URI integration, MRTG Integration, and Log Parsers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
