Id's are private to an MSI. Only patches care about the Ids being stable.

Alex Ivanoff wrote:
> Ok, I create new Guid. How about Id?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:46
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Component Id, Guid, file name and upgrade
>
> 1. Sometimes it takes more than 10 hours to get back to answering
> questions on a volunteer project.
>
> 2. The Resources in Components can never overlap. Remember Components
> are identified by their Guid and Resources are identified by their
> "installation path" (path for files, root/key/name for registry, etc).
> In your case, if you change the name of the File below then you *must*
> change the Component Guid otherwise the same Component would install two
>
> different files. Likewise, if you change the Guid then you must change
> the paths of all of the contained Resources (in this case the File
> path).
>
> You might read:
> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/18/Component-Rules-101
>
>
> Alex Ivanoff wrote:
>   
>> Anyone?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:alex.ivan...@shavlik.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 11:13
>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>> Subject: [WiX-users] Component Id, Guid, file name and upgrade
>>
>> Let's say I have a component in v1:
>>
>> <Component Id="Comp1" Guid="45FB167E-4C14-4003-9C78-9ADBFC36321A">
>>   <File Id="File1.exe "
>>         KeyPath="yes"
>>         Source="$(var.BinPath)\File1.exe" />
>> </Component>
>>
>> In v1.1 the file name changes to File2.exe. Should I preserve
>>     
> component
>   
>> Id and Guid? Create new component Id? Generate new Guid? Both?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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