Re: [WiX-users] How to delete generated files [was: Remove re-installs right over again]

[Vagmi M. <vag...@gm...>]

RemoveFile table will still be a better solution that using a custom
action to remove files. Even if the WIX Toolset has the bug,
correcting it in orca or manually changing the compiler.cs and
rebuilding the WIX toolset is not a big deal. I would still recommend
the use of the RemoveFile table over a delete files custom action.


On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 09:07:09 +0000, Robert Hamflett <ro...@sn...> wrote:
> If these files are being created by Custom Actions, you need to write CAs to
> remove them.  You need to schedule them with an condition like "REMOVE=ALL"
> so that they are run only on uninstall.  Of course you need to remember to
> put a condition on your original CAs so that they only get run on
> installation, e.g. "Not Installed"
> 
> Rob
> 
> Michael Sperber wrote: 
> "Bob" == Bob Arnson <sf...@bo...> writes:
 Bob> The problem is that your
> components don't have their Guid attribute set. MSI
Bob> will happily
> install GUID-less components, but then promptly forgets it ever
Bob> did so.
> [...]

Many thanks---that helped!

Next question: the installation generates
> a few files by running a
bunch of scripts. Of course, these don't get
> deleted by the regular
uninstalled. Can I somehow get msiexec /x to
> uninstall these as well?

 
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