2014-09-08 16:44 GMT-03:00 Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>: > As for the borked bundle, I'm not certain if you can easily assign the bundle > Id, but that’s what I would try doing > (http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Bootstrapper-UpgradeCode-td7578845.html). > I'm guessing you'd have to hack on WiX to get it to happen, but if you > could assign the same id as the original, you should be able to overwrite the > one in the cache and uninstall it.
I tried to change the bundle ID with a hex editor, but it turns out the ID is also present in a compressed embedded XML, in /BootstrapperApplicationData/WixBundleProperties/@Id, and I don't know how to replace that. Hacking the WiX compiler to set the bundle ID sounds like a tempting option, but I haven't yet managed to even compile WiX. > It may just be easier to uninstall the packages your bundle installed > manually, then manually remove the bundle from the package cache and ARP. ...so I took this approach. Uninstalled the packages with msiexec, then deleted the bundle and packages from the package cache, and deleted the ARP entry and the registry keys related to dependency providers (whatever that is) with my bundle ID. -- Nicolás > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Sertel [mailto:sascha.ser...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 2:11 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling bundle with broken BA > > MsiZap will wipe out anything that is related to the product code. Run it > once and you will see the giant output of all the registry and file locations > it goes through. > > As far as other bundle left-over go, you should be able to clear those out > yourself from paths like C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Package Cache > C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp > C:\Config,msi > > Paths will be different on XP obviously, but you know what I mean. There are > also package cache locations under C:\Windows, you can see in the log file > where it's caching the package. > > // Sascha > > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alva...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I can properly uninstall the MSIs via msiexec /x {GUID}. The problem >> is removing the stuff left behind by Burn, such as the cached bundle >> and packages. I doubt msizap knows anything about bootstrappers... >> >> El lunes, 8 de septiembre de 2014, Sascha Sertel >> <sascha.ser...@gmail.com> >> escribió: >> >> > Let me introduce you to your new best friend: MsiZap >> > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370523(v=vs.85).aspx> ( >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370523(v=vs.85).aspx) >> > >> > While I was doing custom BA development MsiZap helped me out of a >> > few botched installations where I was stuck in the same situation >> > and >> couldn't >> > uninstall. As long as you have your product GUID MsiZap can clean up >> > everything left behind so you can start off fresh. >> > >> > I usually call MsiZap like this: >> > >> > MsiZap.exe T! {<GUID>} >> > >> > Hope it helps! >> > >> > // Sascha >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Nicolás Alvarez < >> nicolas.alva...@gmail.com >> > <javascript:;>> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > I was experimenting with a custom BA, and I installed my bundle >> > > with it. Now I can't uninstall it because my simplistic BA has no >> > > way to plan uninstallation. >> > > >> > > I can't just build a new bundle with the wixstdba because it would >> > > have a new bundle ID, so it offers me to install again, not to >> > > uninstall. If I go ahead and install it again with wixstdba, I get >> > > two entries in ARP, and the old entry is still launching my custom >> > > and broken BA. >> > > >> > > What do I do now? :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
