thanks David, I am using this to check whether updates are running or reboot required so my installer won't crap out
I am thinking I might need to add another check to see if another installer is running (MSI not an update) m = Mutex::OpenExisting( mutexName ); where mutexName would be: Global\_MSIExecute cheers, Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Windows-Updates-either-pending-or-running-causes-our-installs-to-fail-tp7598536p7598960.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users