Hi little.forrest, I can't answer your question (what does repair do) directly, but here's how I'd find out. The first step is to turn on logging for windows installer. You can either do this when you run the MSI (assuming you're directly running the MSI file, not using control panel) or use a registry setting to turn on logging globally. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223300 for details.
After you turn on logging, do a repair operation and go look at the log to see what specific actions it took. IF you're brave, you can just open the log file in Notepad. I prefer to use the log file analyzer that Microsoft provides in the Windows SDK (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372811%28VS.85%29.aspx). It still takes some thinking to figure out what's happening. Maybe start by clicking the "States" button to see the feature and component states. Hope this helps, Don Pratt little.forest wrote: > Just a general question: what does Repair do? > > > I know "Repairs errors in the most recent installation by fixing missing and > corrupt files, shortcuts, and registry entries". But odd something happened. > > We have a product which uses Wix 2.0. The product is a plugin for Microsoft > Outlook. > If we just install it, it seems fine. But after that, if we re-install it in > Repair mode, then Outlook will crash after the Repair. I checked the log of > the Wix. Everything seems fine - "Configuration completed successfully.". I > also checked the application event viewer. It just says Outlook crash, > nothing useful. So what does Repair normally do? Is there way to figure out > what's going on? And what kind of thing caused Outlook crash? > > Thanks a lot. > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! > Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
