Yeah, that's going to uninstall the previous version before installing the next version. The settings get deleted on the first uninstall so you are left with clean settings next.
IMHO, the best way to address the problem is to not delete user data. -----Original Message----- From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:co...@binarynoise.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 16:03 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RemoveRegistryKey and uninstall Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. Yes, I've tried a removeOnUninstall attribute. Here's what my current element looks like: <RemoveRegistryKey Root='HKCU' Key='Software\MyApp\MyProduct' Action='removeOnUninstall' /> But after an upgrade my registry settings have been wiped clean. Removing this line removes the problem. I'm using <RemoveExistingProducts> to handle my upgrade, which I suspect is triggering the uninstall: <RemoveExistingProducts Before='InstallInitialize' /> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:36 PM, puyo puy <puyo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Have you try to put removeOnUninstall in Action attribute ? More details > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Colin Bleckner <co...@binarynoise.net> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Thursday, 15 January, 2009 11:57:51 AM > Subject: [WiX-users] RemoveRegistryKey and uninstall > > I have a RemoveRegistryKey element that I'm using to clean up the registry > on uninstall. However I've noticed that it's also being triggered during > upgrades (when the previous version is uninstalled before the new version > gets installed). I was hoping to attach some sort of condition attribute > to > the RemoveRegistryKey element, but haven't figured out how to do this. Is > it possible? > > Thanks! > Colin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. > Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
