If the Modified Date of the file is not the same as the Created Date, then Windows Installer will NOT overwrite the file in a Repair situation, as it thinks the user has modifications to the file that it needs to respect, so this is the correct behavior. As for the second issue, I am not sure. If you uninstalled, and everything was removed, then reinstalled, everything should be correct.
On Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:59 AM, Christopher Painter <chr...@iswix.com> wrote: This is normal as the Windows Installer will generally attempt to preserve user data during installation. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368599(v=vs.85).aspx and adjacent pages. ---------------------------------------- From: "Andrew Makhorin" <m...@gnu.org> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 2:55 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] repair does not repair file that was changed Hello, I made a .msi installer with wix. It installs some files into a directory created in 'Program Files', and all works fine. However, if I change (with a text editor) a file that has been installed and then attempt to repair the product, the file is not repaired, i.e. it is not replaced by an original version provided in .msi. Moreover, if I do the same under Windows 7 (on IA-64 machine) and then uninstall the product, all installed files, directories, menu entries, etc. disappear, as it has to be, but when I reinstall the product, there appears the changed file rather than the original one. Please tell me what is wrong? Thank you very much, Andrew Makhorin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
