Two entries in Add/Remove Programs usually means you tried to upgrade a per-system product with a per-user install, or vuice versa (all other things being correct to do the upgrade). A verbose log will say something near the FindRelatedProducts action.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Martin Kulov [mailto:mar...@kulov.net] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 3:59 AM To: John Robbins; wix-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] majorupgrade when signing and merge So I verified that digitally signing the MSI does NOT break MajorUpgrade process and product gets upgraded just fine.Also adding the MSM Merge module DOES break MajorUpgrade process.When I add the following two lines Merge and MergeRef I end up with two installations of my product: <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="$(var.ProductName)"> ... <Merge Id="Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86" Language="1033" SourceFile="Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.msm" DiskId="1" /> </Directory> <Feature Id="F_Complete" Title="$(var.ProductName) Setup" Level="1" Display="expand" Absent="disallow" AllowAdvertise="no" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLLOCATION" > <MergeRef Id="Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86" /> ... </Feature>Moving the merge module in another feature does not help either. Any ideas? Thanks,Martin > From: mar...@kulov.net > To: j...@wintellect.com; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 09:58:17 +0000 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] majorupgrade when signing and merge > > > Hey John,nice to hear from you :) Yes, I did change the Product Id and > Version. I used to publish 3 more upgrades already. However when I digitally > signed the MSI, integrated a merge module and changed the Package > InstallerVersion from 200 to 300 now the upgrade is not recognizing the old > version. I keep the UpgradeCode the same. I will try adding the changes one > by one and see what the problem is. Thanks,Martin > > > From: j...@wintellect.com > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; mar...@kulov.net > > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:20:29 -0700 > > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] majorupgrade when signing and merge > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > Did you change the Product ID and the version number? Both of those have to > > change to be called a major upgrade. > > > > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm shows how to > > integrate a major upgrade into your .WXS file. > > > > John > > Wintellect > > http://www.wintellect.com > > +1-877-968-5528 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Kulov [mailto:mar...@kulov.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:59 PM > > To: wix-users > > Subject: [WiX-users] majorupgrade when signing and merge > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an MSI installer built few months ago. It used to work fine during > > MajorUpgrade. > > > > Today I signed the MSI with code certificate and also added one Merge > > Module. However now my MSI file gets installed as a new product and does > > not upgrade the existing installation as it used to do. As usual I only > > changed ProductCode and CurrentVersion properties. > > > > Does digital signing or adding merge module makes the MSI look like a new > > product? > > What else could be the case? > > > > Thanks, > > Martin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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. 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