I got it working... (my bad should have googled more) but in case anyone else is having issues here is what i did:
<CustomAction Id="CA_Upgrade_Apppool.SetProperty" Property="$(var.PlatformQtExecCmdLine)" Value=""[SystemFolder]inetsrv\appcmd.exe" stop apppool /apppool.name:"[WEB_SITE_NAME]""/> <CustomAction Id="CA_UPGRADE_APPPOOL" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="$(var.PlatformCAQuietExecDLLEntry)" Execute="immediate" Return="ignore"/> <CustomAction Id="CA_Upgrade_WebSite.SetProperty" Property="$(var.PlatformQtExecCmdLine)" Value=""[SystemFolder]inetsrv\appcmd.exe" stop site "[WEB_SITE_NAME]""/> <CustomAction Id="CA_UPGRADE_WEBSITE" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="$(var.PlatformCAQuietExecDLLEntry)" Execute="immediate" Return="ignore"/> <Custom Action="CA_Upgrade_Apppool.SetProperty" After="MigrateFeatureStates">WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED</Custom> <Custom Action="CA_UPGRADE_APPPOOL" After="CA_Upgrade_Apppool.SetProperty">WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED</Custom> <Custom Action="CA_Upgrade_WebSite.SetProperty" After="CA_UPGRADE_APPPOOL">WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED</Custom> <Custom Action="CA_UPGRADE_WEBSITE" After="CA_Upgrade_WebSite.SetProperty">WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED</Custom> -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Help-Custom-Action-not-working-in-InstallUISequence-tp7591331p7591333.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
