microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.setup

Phil Wilson

5/19/2006 4:42:00 PM

The UpgradeCode has to be identical in both versions, yes. It's possible
that you've just got that system honked up - that's not unusual if you do a
lot of testing with setups that are related with product codes. Ta/king a
log might help:

msiexec /i <new msi file> /l*v <path to a text log file>

and check all occurrences of FindRelatedProducts to see if it detected the
older version.

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Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
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<pmilin@peakpeak.com> wrote in message
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>I am having an issue using VS 2005 and windows installer 3.1. I
> have a windows app that I am trying to deploy with a setup project in
> VS 2005. As a test I created another version of the product to see if
> the uninstall worked but it don't seem to. Here is what I have done.
>
>
> Created a setup project added files, registry settings, etc.
> Created a bootstrap setup.exe for the 2.0 framework and MDAC 2.8
> Set the Version property to 1.0.23 and answered yes to the prompt to
> change the prodcut code.
> Set RemovePreviousVersions to True.
> Set the InstallAllUsers property to True.
> Built the project and ran the install from the debug folder.
> So far everything is fine.
>
>
> I made a change to my program and recompiled.
> I changed the Version property on my setup project to 1.1.24 and
> answered yes to the prompt to change the prodcut code.
> Built the project and ran the install from the debug folder.
>
>
> The installer doesn't seem to uninstall before installing (not sure if
> I would see it uninstalling or not), however, the change I made to the
> program seems to have gotten installed.
> When I look in Add Remove Programs, I have two entries for my program.
> One for each version.
> I selected the older version and chose uninstall. The uninstall ran
> and my program remained on the PC (what I would expect).
>
>
> So it seems like the previous version got uninstalled but it still
> shows up in ARP. Its hard to tell if the previous version really got
> uninstalled or just overwritten since the set of files/locations didn't
>
> change between the two versions. Only one file's contents changed.
>
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated. I have read through dozens of posts
> and MSDN articles and so far nothing has worked for me.
>
>
> NOTE: Before I tried the scenario that I described above, I was using a
>
> version number less than 1.0.0 and was fiddling with the UpgradeCode.
> I have now learned how everything should work but maybe something else
> is messed up. Could it be that I just need to create a new setup
> project and start over?
>