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Re: Control MsiInstallProduct return code?

2009-11-06T23:15:37Z

What other types of results are you looking for? There's no reason custom
actions can't store status or extended info about what happened in the
registry. Success/failure/reboot is a consequence of the transactional
nature of the install - it either works or not. You have a say in what makes
it work or fail by using custom action return codes and so on.

Control MsiInstallProduct return code?

2009-11-06T18:36:08Z

Is there any way for an MSI package to control the return code from
MsiInstallProduct? I've got a chainer that installs several MSI packages in
sequence, and I'm looking for a simple way for packages to communicate a more
nuanced status than simply success/failure/reboot.

Re: Minor upgrade as MSI on server with previous version of MSI &

2009-11-05T19:23:45Z

Nothing! That's the point - MSI will just do the right thing.
If you can find any documentation explaining that file overwrite rules
depend on file sequence, share it. The rules are here:
[link]

RE: Minor upgrade as MSI on server with previous version of MSI &

2009-11-05T17:44:03Z

Additional note, I tried with REINSTALLMODE=vemus to replace even if file is
of equal version, I got following error
Error 1334.The file 'a.exe' cannot be installed because the file cannot be
found in cabinet file 'Data1.cab'. This could indicate a network error, an
error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package.

RE: intercept or cancel ScheduleReboot

2009-11-05T08:14:27Z

Hi,
Windows Vista has Windows Installer 4.0 by default. For Windows XP SP3, I
think it's version 3.1. But you can always have the latest Windows
Installer setup package as a prerequisite to your setup.
Regards,
Jie Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and

Re: Minor upgrade as MSI on server with previous version of MSI &

2009-11-04T18:25:31Z

Thanks Phil,
I checked my pcp file, I set MinimumRequiredMsiVersion in Properties table
as 200 only. What value do you suggest for FileSequenceStart in ImageFamilies
table ?
But still I feel, file sequencing has some impact.

RE: Minor upgrade as MSI on server with previous version of MSI &

2009-11-04T18:25:23Z

Hi Jie Wang,
Yes, we usually version the binaries same as Product version, in case of
1.0.1.0 msp, a.exe was version ed as 1.0.1.0 and in new msi (2.0.0.0), a.exe
is 2.0.0.0
Thanks,
Vishnu

Re: Minor upgrade as MSI on server with previous version of MSI & MSP

2009-11-04T17:40:21Z

I agree with Jie Wang - you've said nothing about actual *file* versions,
and these must be incremented for a patch or minor upgrade to replace them.
There's nothing in file sequencing that is related to replacing versioned
files on the system.
To avoid having to manually figure out sequencing in ImageFamilies use

RE: Minor upgrade as MSI on server with previous version of MSI & MSP

2009-11-04T12:00:31Z

Hi Vishnu,
Could you confirm that the file a.exe itself is correctly versioned in all
versions?
Thanks,
Jie Wang
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Re: Vista - User Directory

2009-11-03T23:58:08Z

If per-user is OK, then that will always work, elevated or not. Issue then
may be that xml file will be installed to the per-user folder of the user
that is installing (could be an IT Admin) and not the user that will be
running it; in that case, user running it won't have the xml file! That's

Re: How to prevent 'program may have been uninstalled' message in

2009-11-03T21:10:03Z

As far as I know, the program is behaving as it should. After further
experimenting to try to discover why the error message is happening, I
discovered that it seems to have to do with our uninstalling of IIS. (We
install/uninstall IIS and ASP (or just ASP alone if IIS is pre-installed
without ASP) by launching a pkgmgr.exe command. Since uninstalling all of IIS

Minor upgrade as MSI on server with previous version of MSI & MSP

2009-11-03T19:11:01Z

I have earlier version (1.0.0.0) of my product in .msi format and for that I
delivered patch as .msp with version 1.0.1.0.
I generated patch by comparing two msi's (1.0.0.0 & 1.0.1.0), where existing
binaries are modified, no new files added.
In PatchTemplate.pcp, I updated FileSequenceStart value in ImageFamilies

Re: How to prevent 'program may have been uninstalled' message in Vist

2009-11-03T18:00:44Z

I have only seen this when the program faults in some way (or isn't actually
at the location pointed at by UninstallString). Is it possible that the
progam is faulting in that scenario?

Re: Vista - User Directory

2009-11-03T17:03:32Z

Hi David,
Thanks. I may have made it sound like I need access to all users, but I
don't if I get this right. I don't want to have to run elevated and
trigger the UAC. This came to a head when I was patching a new feature
and wanted to copy in that new xml. It copied without elevation but to
the wrong place. The wrong place happened to be all users. And if I were

RE: intercept or cancel ScheduleReboot

2009-11-03T16:02:07Z

I will try. Installer Services 4.0 are starting with Vista and XP SP3, right?
thanks
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