Thanks everyone, I got it working now. It turns out it was a combination
of two things:
As Chris suggested, I checked and didn't have an ALLUSERS setting. Since
my previous installers defaulted to "Everyone" I added
<Property Id="ALLUSERS" Value="1" />
And as Neil pointed out, I needed to match the UpgradeCode but the Product
ID needed to be new.
Thanks!
Jeff
> As an aside, check if your old install and new install have the same
> ALLUSERS setting. A per-machine install cannot upgrade a per-user
> install. Also if you are looking at a log file, FindRelatedProducts is
> going to be more interesting to look at since it's the once that looks at
> all the state data and sets the Action property(s) to the ProductCode(s)
> that will later be acted upon by RemoveExistingProducts.
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com>
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010 3:23:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problems with getting RemoveExistingProducts to
> work
>
>>> I've double-checked and the Product ID and Upgrade Code both match
> what was used in the previous versions
>
> Only the UpgradeCode should match, Product ID should be new.
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s...@pacaccess.com [mailto:s...@pacaccess.com]
> Sent: 25 May 2010 07:56
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Problems with getting RemoveExistingProducts to
> work
>
> Prior to my upcoming release I used a VisualStudio deployment project to
> create the installer. For my upcoming release I've built an installer
> using Wix. Everything seems to be working with the exception of
> installing the new version on top a previously installed version.
>
> When I run my new installer created with Wix, the old version still
> remains installed. Within the wix script I have (amongst other things):
>
> <Product
> Name="MyProductName"
> Manufacturer="MyCompanyName"
> Version="1.1.5"
> Language="1033"
> Id="Guid_1"
> UpgradeCode="Guid_2">
>
> <Upgrade Id="Guid_2">
> <UpgradeVersion
> Minimum="1.0.0"
> Maximum="1.1.5"
> IncludeMinimum="yes"
> Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED"
> />
> </Upgrade>
>
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize" />
> </InstallExecuteSequence>
>
>
> I've double-checked and the Product ID and Upgrade Code both match what
> was used in the previous versions (1.1.0 - 1.1.4). From what I've read
> it
> looks like this is the correct syntax and manner to use
> RemoveExistingProducts, yet when I run my new installer with the old
> version installed, the old version remains.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Jeff
>
>
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