I was able to upgrade from per-user to per-machine using Burn to fire off an uninstall utility.
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-3-6-upgrading-perUser-to-perMachine-td7582131.html#a7582482 On 3/22/13, sunny <lxy.su...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have an installer version 1.0.0 released as per-user installation, and in > version 2.0.0(and after) I need to do per-machine installation. > When doing upgrade from 1.0.0 to 2.0.0 installation, it has problems that > the previous one cannot be uninstalled. > Finally I find msi cannot support upgrade cross install context. > So I change intsaller 2.0.0 as follows: > *case1*. New Install 2.0.0: Cannot detect per-machine flag in HKLM and find > 2.0.0 is a new installtion, so cheng ALLUSERS to 1 and do pre-machine > install, and write pre-machine flag in HKLM. > *case2*. Upgrade from 1.0.0 to 2.0.0: If 1.0.0 is installed and user wants > to upgrade to 2.0.0, installers detect registry in HKLM and find no > per-machine falg(because after 2.0.0 this flag is written to HKLM), so > change ALLUSERS to "" and do per-user install. > *case3*. Upgrade from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0:If users installs newer version 3.0.0 > in future, install detects per-machine flag in HKLM. If there is > per-machine > flag, do per-machine install, and if there is no flag, do per-user install. > > After these changes, I can handle the case1 and case2. > But I still get issue in case3 that 2.0.0 is not uninstalled. > I analyze the log and find 3.0.0 is per-user install and skip uninstall > 2.0.0 in "FindRelatedProducts". > The property ALLUSERS is changed after seraching the registry in > "AppSearch". But "FindRelatedProducts" is before "AppSearch", that means > before "AppSearch" 3.0.0 is per-user, so it skip 2.0.0 uninstall. After > "AppSearch", 3.0.0 does per-machine installation. > > log of upgrade from 2.0.0 to 3.0.0: > > / MSI (c) (4C:38) [09:58:38:093]: FindRelatedProducts: current install is > per-user. Related install for product '{OLD-PRODUCT-UID}' is per-machine. > Skipping... / > > *So my question is how can perform installation per-user or per-machine by > detecting previous installation context?* > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-perform-installation-per-user-or-per-machine-by-detecting-previous-installation-context-tp7584581.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Derek Wickern ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
