Zhong's scenario with a filter driver is probably harder to get to shutdown than a typical windows service. I expect that's the big difference.
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> wrote: > I don't think this is the issue, I only do major upgrades and the service > stops just fine. > > I think there is some timing issue between stopping the service and > windows installer or SCM removing them and consequently the service is > marked as deleted in the registry and not removed until a reboot. The > restart manager doesn't detect that it is deleted and so the installer just > fails when it tries to add the service. > > I am not sure how you can condition it as the ServiceInstall has to be in > the same component as the service you are installing. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: 07 January 2013 14:32 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during > upgrade and repair in WIX? > > If you can't get the service to stop in time then you do need to do > restart avoidance. > > Unfortunately, in an minor upgrade, I cannot think of anything set > natively by the Windows Installer that will tell you you are in a minor > upgrade. > Minor upgrades are basically just a recache/reinstall so if you assume > that the recache/reinstall is a minor upgraded you'll be wrong when it > actually is just a recache/reinstall. However, thinking about this more you > may not need to do anything in minor upgrade since a restart is required at > the end of the install and there is only one MSI installed. > > Major upgrade is easy since you have the UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE in the MSI > to condition actions in the old MSI. Of course, you have to ship your first > version correctly for this to work. <smile/> > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> > wrote: > > > I find this usually happens when the service doesn't shutdown in a > > timely manner. In my experience the stop service control in Windows > > Installer is a bit temperamental especially if you have more than one > > service to stop (I have often resorted to using a custom action to run > > "net stop"). It also makes a difference where you schedule the remove > > existing products and I have had more luck with scheduling after > > InstallExecute (probably because it isn't removing the service). > > > > (In my latest install I have found the most reliable option is to do > > all the application and service stops in a separate install.) > > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wang, Zhongsheng [mailto:zhongsheng.w...@intel.com] > > Sent: 05 January 2013 23:56 > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during > > upgrade and repair in WIX? > > > > I am looking for some advice on how to deal with the service removal > > during upgrade (major and minor) and repair. Since OS will mark the > > service for deletion when the service is removed and reboot is > > required, any future service update during the installation process > > will be ignored. This leaves the service not installed after repair or > upgrade. > > > > What I want is that the service will NOT be removed during upgrade and > > repair but removed during uninstallation (Remove option). > > > > Here are some code snippet I am used to handle this, but it does not > > work reliably. I hope somebody can give me some advice on this topic. > > Your help will be highly appreciated. The code seems to work for > > Repair and Major Upgrade, but does not work well with the minor > > upgrade where only the 4th field of the revision is different. > > > > <!-- upgrade definition --> > > <Upgrade Id="$(var.UpgradeCode)" > > <UpgradeVersion > > Property="MAJORUPGRADE" > > Minimum="0.0.0.0" > > IncludeMinimum="yes" > > Maximum="$(var.ProductVersion)" > > IncludeMaximum="no" > > OnlyDetect="no" > > IgnoreRemoveFailure="no" > > MigrateFeatures="yes" /> > > > > <!-- Detect for changes in 4th field only --> > > <UpgradeVersion > > Property="MINORUPGRADE" > > Maximum="$(var.ProductVersion)" > > Minimum="$(var.ProductVersion)" > > IncludeMinimum="yes" > > IncludeMaximum="yes" > > OnlyDetect="yes" /> > > </Upgrade> > > > > <!-- Execution sequence --> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > <Custom Action="Uninstall_HIDDriver" After="RemoveRegistryValues"> > > <![CDATA[REMOVE="ALL" AND NOT (MAJORUPGRADE OR > > MINORUPGRADE)]]></Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > So what could be wrong? > > > > Thanks, > > zhong > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, > > HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. 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