Dopes the verbose log file show why the key is being left behind. The remove registry element should not be necessary.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:54 AM, M Angelo Duran <mangelodu...@gmail.com>wrote: > *Background:* > I have been tasked with creating a Windows Installer using WiX that can > either install only a single version of the product or multiple copies of a > product. This is determined by a property that can be set either on the > command line or using a radio switch in the UI. This changes the Upgrade > code and find previous version behavior for the installer. This all works > as desired with the exception of uninstall clean up. > > *Issue:* > When I install only one version of product in ether single installation > mode > or multiple installation mode and then uninstall the product, I get desired > registry clean up behavior. But when I install multiple versions of the > product and uninstall the product I leave behind a version unique registry > key (all values but the default are removed) and a version unique > environment variable. The environment variable is written using the WiX > environment tag and I am writing the registry key and its default variable > as a stand alone component and that value is the key to the component, with > the component GUID being auto generated by WIX. > > I have tried RemoveRegistryKey in an attempt to force the removal value it > is still not removing it. I will be the first to admit that I may be > working in an area of undefined behavior with MSI and WiX. > > *Code:* > <Component Id="MultiRegA" Guid="*"> > <Condition></Condition> > <RegistryValue Root="HKLM" > > Key="Software\<company>\<systemsuite>\Packages\$(var.ProductName)\$(var.ProductVersion)" > Type="string" Value="MULTI" KeyPath="yes" /> > <RemoveRegistryKey Id="rmvvarcomp" > Action="removeOnUninstall" Root="HKLM" > > Key="Software\<company>\<systemsuite>\Packages\$(var.ProductName)\$(var.ProductVersion)"/> > </Component> > > My Question: Is there any way to do clean up with out writing a binary > custom action? > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Allowing-multiple-versions-of-a-product-and-the-proper-clean-up-of-the-registry-tp6844173p6844173.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
