BTW this is covered in the WiX manual under the how to's -> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm
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And this example describes it: > > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/01/16/major-upgrades-now-easier-than-ev > er/ > > And note that RemoveExistingProducts is early in the sequence, after > InstallValidate, and that results in removal of the oler product > before installing the new one. > > I don't know what a FORCE parameter is. What we have here is an > upgrade that removes potentially every file in the older product and > then installs the new files with the new product. > > Phil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:22 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial about handling upgrades in Wix 3.7 > > Classification: Public > Sounds like a MajorUpgrade... > > Removes the older version, installs the new version... > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] > Sent: April-17-13 3:14 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Tutorial about handling upgrades in Wix 3.7 > > Is there a tutorial or a reference post available that explains the > principles of how to write an installer that first uninstalls an older > version before installing the version included in the MSI but that > would leave newer versions unaffected unless a FORCE parameter is > supplied on the interface? > > Google search results are clouded by questions about upgrading Wix > itself and any other answer seems to be from people guessing and > second guessing like I've been doing today. > > Thanks! > > Hans > > -- > http://monochrome.me.uk/blog/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > -- > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. 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