You should definitely not cleanup the MSI from within the MSI. You might be in the beginning of wanting a lot more features from your bootstrapper. Take a look at http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com. For your purposes it extracts your MSIs to a temporary location and cleans up after itself.
dB. @ dblock.org Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York -----Original Message----- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:13 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to delete the extracted MSI after install There's a good case for not deleting it at all: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_installer_team/archive/2006/05/24/605835.aspx Rule 31. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Andy.Kruger [mailto:appr...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:43 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to delete the extracted MSI after install I have a VC++ bootstrapper with an embedded MSI. during install MSI gets extracted to the %USERPROFILE% path. How do i clean up the extracted MSI after install?? Should i be doing it from the bootstrapper or from with in the WiX-MSI?? ----- Andy Build&Deployment Schneider Electric -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-delete-the-extracted-MSI-after-install-tp5212438p5212438.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ 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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
