You can't remove the component containing the file (that's not allowed during a patch) but you can mark it as a transitive component (don't know the WiX speak) with a condition that's false (like 0) to make it absent.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LindseyLeu Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:37 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Removing a file from the GAC using a patch Hi, I have an assembly installed by the RTM installer that was put into the GAC. I now want to remove the file in a patch because it is no longer needed. How should I author my wix code to delete the file? Thanks, Lindsey -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Removing-a-file-from-the-GAC-using-a-patch-tf45109 61.html#a12865594 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
