Well a verbose log should tell you something about what's going on, that's typically the first thing to look at in these situations.
The comment about "modified files": the standard way that Windows deals with binary file updates in service packs, patches etc is version-based. Windows doesn't really care about "modified" files - it cares about the version. If the Dll has a version that doesn't change from one update to the next it will not attempt to overwrite it with your sequencing of RemoveExistingProducts. Phil -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:15 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How can I make Wix install only modified files May not be optimal, but if you can't find out why it is restarting explorer you could always create a separate MSI for the one shell extension and install them together with burn as a bundle. -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Chiu [mailto:green...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:08 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How can I make Wix install only modified files Hi All, I'm trying to create an installer that drops down an exe + a few dlls. One of these dlls is infrequently changed and is injected into explorer (it does icon overlays & explorer loads it when it launches). I'm using RemoveExistingProducts after InstallFinalize but I think the installer is still trying to install the dll. I suspect this because msiexec will want to relaunch explorer when install is done even tho I have not changed the dll's version # (or all at for that matter). Msiexec is relaunching explorer via restart manager. It detects that explorer has a handle to the dll and closes the explorer app. My guess is that it is doing this because it wants to drop down the dll again. Thus my suspicion that it is still installing that dll. I can 'fix' this problem by marking the dll's component as NeverOverwrite. That isn't a real fix tho. I've posted this question on stackoverflow<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13408436/how-can-i-make-wix -install-only-modified-files> & Mike Baz pointed me to this forum. Hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: VERIFY Test and improve your parallel project with help from experts and peers. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
