yes, I feared that! The real question is why my msi won't uninstall the install, why it decided to leave fred.txt installed?
----- Original Message ---- From: Eitan Behar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, 17 October, 2008 9:59:40 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. I'm sure that this is not the best way, but, given that you have the product code, just do a registry search under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ProductCode} - You have the Product name and version as displayed in ARP. -----Original Message----- From: Sergey Abakumoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:20 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. Howdy gang, In my installer I need to notify user if the previous version of product is installed and show the version number. I was hoping that I can find the already installed version number in PATCHFOUND property I use in UpgradeVersion stuff: <Upgrade Id="5F966E51-1220-47e4-9825-9909C91033D4"> <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="no" Property="PATCHFOUND" Minimum="0.0.0.0"> </UpgradeVersion> </Upgrade> However, the value of property is just some GUID. I know the way I can accomplish this task - call the custom action that executes the external program that loads the installed assembly and returns it's version number, likely the assembly version is the same as the installed product version. However this way is not straightforward . I am sure that Wix has the way to detect the already installed version number, just can't find it. Can anyone help me? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Detect-the-version-of-already-installed-product.-tp1344 094p1344094.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users