Thanks Phil. I'm not sure why I was thinking that a version of the create/modified check also applied to uninstalls.
I turned 40 this week so I guess it's all downhill from here... ---------------------------------------- From: "Phil Wilson" <phildgwil...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:08 PM To: chr...@iswix.com, "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data The rule is that if MSI installs it, then an uninstall will uninstall it. The modify/creation date difference is what determines whether to overwrite it, not uninstall it. User data is created by the app, not installed with the app, in this context that's the way I look at it. (Unless I'm having a senior moment too) Phil Wilson On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Christopher Painter <chr...@iswix.com> wrote: I'm having a senior moment with what seemed like a pretty simple and well established concept in windows installer: don't uninstall user data. I created a very simple installer with a single component / file ( test.txt ). I tested with test.txt as the key file and with no key file ( directory). In the test (on a clean VM of course ) I wanted to see if uninstall would leave the file behind after I had modified the file to contain user data. Despite the creation data and modification date of the file being different, MSI always uninstalled the file. I'm a little puzzled as I didn't expect this. Am I forgetting something? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/22/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=64545871&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
