Yes. Windows Installer does not use the system restore points it creates. They are used by system administrators when they try to roll a system back. Because of that, some sys-admins require that the MSIs installed create the restore points.
-----Original Message----- From: Simon.Su [mailto:suweny...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 5:08 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] execution of "SRSetRestorePoint" takes long time If it is turn off, can the Windows Installer make rollback correctly when there is an error at installation? -------------------------------------------------- From: "Wilson, Phil" <phil.wil...@invensys.com> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 2:26 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] execution of "SRSetRestorePoint" takes long time > And MSIFASTINSTALL can turn it off if not needed. > Phil Wilson > > ________________________________________ > From: Bob Arnson [...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:14 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] execution of "SRSetRestorePoint" takes long time > > On 2/26/2010 1:30 AM, simon.su wrote: >> My MIS built by WIX3.0, and I find that it took a lot time(about 2 >> minute) >> to execute the "SRSetRestorePoint" in the win7(chinese languge >> version). >> > > That's Windows Installer creating a system restore point. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or > attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which > it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally > privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its > status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then > delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for > any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email > comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which > is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at > Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number > 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, > please go to > http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77 . > You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail > inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may > be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its > subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries > and affiliates). > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
