+1 for fixing your source msi an recaching the msi. I wouldn't recommend modifying the cached version, especially if this bug made it into the wild.
On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:18 AM, "Simon Gerhold" <simon.gerh...@cetis.si> wrote: > Thanks, good to know :) > > Simon Gerhold, razvojni inženir / Development Engineer > Cetis d.d., Čopova 24, 3000 Celje, Slovenia - EU, T: +386 3 4278 785, F: +386 > 3 4278 651, www.cetis.si > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) [mailto:bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:21 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed > uninstall package > > Coincidentally I just read this section of Robert Dickau's tips page > http://www.robertdickau.com/msi_tips.html#unfix > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Gerhold [mailto:simon.gerh...@cetis.si] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:14 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed > uninstall package > > I created a setup project with Wix Toolset, which does something like this: > > * install (into ProgramFiles/MyApp, Desktop shortcut, StartMenu,...) > * create a folder ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder > * create some files in the folder ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder > * run a powershell script, which installs some COM+ components > In the ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder is also a powershell script, which > removes my COM+ applications (regsvcs /u). This script is executed as a > custom action on uninstall. But here I made a mistake - the custom action had > the attribute After="RemoveFiles" (it should of course be > Before="RemoveFiles"). Now when I try to uninstall on my application, the > uninstall process terminates with the exception "There is a problem with this > Windows installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish > as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.". The same > exception occurs if I try to install/repair/change my application... > Is there any possibility to uninstall my application without the last > (faulty) custom action? Or to 'overinstall' it somehow? > Simon > > > Simon Gerhold, razvojni inženir / Development Engineer > Cetis d.d., Čopova 24, 3000 Celje, Slovenia - EU, T: +386 3 4278 785, F: +386 > 3 4278 651, www.cetis.si<http://www.cetis.si/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies > and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step > tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies > and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step > tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies > and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step > tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
