I use three techniques to test installs: Brute Force Technique --------------------- Install on a VM using VMware. Prior to the install take a snapshot. Use the Snapshot Manager to revert to a prior state. This is particularly effective when testing installs managed by bootstrappers. I brings the system back to the state prior to the install
Less Brute Force Technique -------------------------- Install the MSI Editor, ORCA, on your system Turn on MSIEXEC logging, /LOG .\msiexec_install.log to get an idea of what happened. Locate the location of the cached msi copy that ARP will use to remove the product Edit that cached copy of the msi using ORCA to get around whatever error is causing the problem. Invoke the Remove option from ARP. This usually fixes things. The first technique can be considered a "best practice". The second technique can be done if you are desparate. -----Original Message----- From: Wilbert van Dolleweerd [mailto:wilb...@arentheym.com] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:41 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: Rob Hamflett Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely 2011/3/14 Rob Hamflett <r...@snsys.com>: > Depending on what exactly is broken you might be able to get things into a working state again just > by running a repair first. I don't know about you guys, but I use a virtual machine to test the installs/uninstalls. Yes, you can still run in situations like this, but hopefully less so ;-) -- Kind regards, Wilbert van Dolleweerd Blog: http://walkingthestack.wordpress.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wvandolleweerd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
