Brilliant, Phil, thanks. I'll give it a go! -----Original Message----- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 1:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to stop web app pool (w3wp.exe) to satisfy Restart Manager?
This seems to be the way, and I assume you'd need to run it as a custom action. There may be APIs underneath that you can call to shut down the pool, I don't know. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772200(v=ws.10).aspx Phil Wilson On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Hugh Williams <hwilli...@nexidia.com> wrote: > I have an installer that sets up a web site in IIS. All is well on the > install side. > > But when I go to uninstall it, I get a "reboot required" message: > > MSI (s) (28:6C) [11:03:45:694]: RESTART MANAGER: Detected that > application with id 14848, friendly name 'w3wp.exe', of type > RmCritical and status 1 holds file[s] in use. > > If I go into the IIS manager and shut down the application pool for my > app, then I don't get this message. > > Obviously, I'd like to avoid the "reboot required" situation here... > > So my question is: is there a standard WiX-ish way to shut down the > web app pool that is about to be uninstalled? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- 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=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.c > lktrk _______________________________________________ > 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=58041391&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=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
