Hi,
Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like;
msiexec /x MyInstall.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log
I see the following
Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate.
Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1.
This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total uninstall time and I
would like to reduce it.
FYI - I have over 17000 files in my installer.
Is it necessary that InstallValidate is executed during an uninstall?
I'm thinking of creating/changing the InstallValidate condition to be;
NOT (REMOVE = "ALL")
Reading the InstallValidate documentation [1], it appears I will lose
the ability to check/display FilesInUse.
I assume this would mean that a reboot is required if the user has
files in use, but this is acceptable to me if it is the only
"downside".
Since this mostly affects in-house development/test, perhaps it would
be more reasonable to create a "hidden" condition for InstallValidate
like;
NOT INSTALLVALIDATE_OVERRIDE
Is this a reasonable thing to do?
Thanks,
Dale
[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369546%28VS.85%29.aspx
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