A verbose log file should tell all.
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Phil Wilson <phil.wil...@mvps.org> wrote: > The file paths may be in the SharedDlls registry entries, > HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls. > > If you ever marked them shared or permanent and installed them, then they > are stuck on the system. Changing the guid won't help if they're > permanently > on the system under another guid, or in SharedDlls. This is a common issue > on dev systems used for testing (which should be done on VMs), and > sometimes > a misunderstanding of how these things work. Setting Permanent or Shared is > not a nifty project setting that can be turned on and off. It is a system > state as soon as a component/file is installed with these settings. > > A log might tell you more, maybe disallowing uninstall of file because > another client exists, that kind of text. > > Phil > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Ogilvie [mailto:michael.ogil...@pixelink.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:30 PM > To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall > > Thought of that, I created new GUID for those components and tried the > install again. > > Still an issue on Windows XP > > WIX 3.6 and 3.7ntries in the registry, > > > Thank you, > Michael Ogilvie > Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK > > 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. > Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 > > tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 | cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.247.2001 | > skype: pixelink.mogilvie www.pixelink.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:20 PM > To: Michael Ogilvie; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset.' > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall > > Are unique Guids set for each installed file, particularly the ones that > aren't being uninstalled? > > That might not explain why it works on one OS and not another though. > > Alain > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Ogilvie [mailto:michael.ogil...@pixelink.com] > Sent: March 19, 2013 16:17 > To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall > > I remove all files then do a fresh clean install of the bundle and then a > uninstall of the bundle and some of the files are left. > > This only happens on Windows XP, Windows 8 cleans up everything > > > Thank you, > Michael Ogilvie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:01 PM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall > > Many reasons, one of which is because they were created by the application > as it was running on the client machine, and weren't a part of the original > installation package. > > We'd need more details to help much more. > > Alain > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Ogilvie [mailto:michael.ogil...@pixelink.com] > Sent: March 19, 2013 15:58 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall > > Why would some files be left after the uninstall?? > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > Michael Ogilvie > > Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK > > > > 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. > > Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 > > > tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 | cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.247.2001 | > skype: pixelink.mogilvie <skype://pixelink.mogilvie/?call> > > www.pixelink.com <blocked::http://www.pixelink.com/> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Everyone hates slow websites. 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