Only Components. At merge time a Merge Module's contents get wired to a Directory and Feature. MSI SDK has a lot of detail about Merge Modules.
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 17:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files Thanks Rob, Just curious, I couldn't find any documentation on this - in a wix MSI, features contain components, and that defines which components are actually installed. In a WiX Merge, there is no concept of a 'feature', so what _is_ included? ALL defined components? Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 1:52 p.m. To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files Verbose log file should show you the Components being uninstalled. That's the place to start. -----Original Message----- From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 16:21 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files Hi, I have created a simple merge module using WiX and have a simple problem. Probably an obvious solution as well. Files that are specified within the "TARGETDIR" directory are correctly removed upon uninstall, however, under that folder I have: <Directory Id="CommonFilesFolder"> ..which contains some folders and files, these are not being removed upon uninstall. Why is that, and how can I get them to be removed (remembering that they need to Be reference counted so they aren't uninstalled if they already existed)... This folder is essential because I need to put some shared files into c:\program files\common files\ (AKA "CommonFilesFolder"). Thanks! Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
