Hi,
I have tried and it seems that it will work if I can pass the following trouble.
I get the uninstallstring using:<Property Id="REGISTRYFOROLDINSTALLER">
<RegistrySearch Id="OldInstallerRegistryKey" Root="HKLM"
Key="SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\4553c9c9-172b-4d73-97d0-a667d4dd6685"
Name="QuietUninstallString" Type="file" /></Property>
This returns me: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyApplication\
Then I have a custom action to run the uninstaller string.<CustomAction
Id='uninstallOldInstallation' Property='REGISTRYFOROLDINSTALLER'
ExeCommand='-S' Execute='immediate' Return='check' HideTarget='no'
Impersonate='no'></CustomAction>
<InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="uninstallOldInstallation"
Before="InstallFiles">REGISTRYFOROLDINSTALLER</Custom></InstallExecuteSequence>
I got the following error in the debug logs:Error 1721. There is a problem with
this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete
could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action:
uninstallOldInstallation, location: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyApplication\,
command: uninstall.exe -S
It should work fine to me but I have no clue why I am getting this error. I
tried also type:raw in RegistrySearch but get the same error in the end.
I'd appreciate if you could shed some light.Thanks.
> From: c...@live.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 05:19:49 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Unable to uninstall previously installed product
>
> I will give it a try and come back if it doesn't work.
> Thanks a lot.
>
> > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:41:06 -0500
> > From: jeremi...@gmail.com
> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Unable to uninstall previously installed product
> >
> > Sorry, I misunderstood as I am not familiar with InstallerJammer.
> >
> > I did find this though.
> >
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14334012/how-can-perform-a-silent-uninstall-with-installjammer
> >
> >
> > Again, I'm not familiar with InstallerJammer and I'm assuming it doesn't
> > use WindowsInstaller???
> >
> > Since you can have only have one install/uninstall at one time on a windows
> > machine this might not work if you try to uninstall during your new install.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Dolevo Jay <c...@live.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Previous installer was InstallJammer. So, what would be the best solution
> > > for this? Should I call uninstaller of the previous installation in
> > > InstallExecuteSequence ? Any example for this?
> > >
> > > > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:30:11 -0500
> > > > From: jeremi...@gmail.com
> > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Unable to uninstall previously installed
> > > > product
> > > >
> > > > What was the previous installer?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Phill Hogland <phogl...@rimage.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The update behavior of msiexec and the UpdateCode property are
> > > specific to
> > > > > MSI based technology. It would not know about other technologies like
> > > > > InstallJammer.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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