Re: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

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Normally, I would use a VM but I thought - what could go wrong!

The file is in the MSI. There is no repair or upgrade for this application really - it is install then uninstall. A very small user group and I have some control over what they do.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:Jac...@gr...] 
Sent: 18 November 2014 17:33
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

If the uninstall has removed it's entry in ARP, you're as clean as clean gets. When developing CA's that modify machine state, I'd highly recommend using a VM for your testing.

Is this config file inside the MSI, or is it a companion file passed along with the MSI? If it's the latter and you can't do this work on first run of the application, I'd schedule the CA early and then use a semi-custom action to add a CopyFile record during installation. It gets more complex when you start thinking about repair/upgrade/uninstall scenarios.

-----Original Message-----
From: jas...@bt... [mailto:jas...@bt...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:27 AM
To: wix...@li...
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

FYI - the custom action reads and modifies a configuration file that is supplied as part of the installation. So, all the custom action needs to run, is that file to have been put in the application folder.

-----Original Message-----
From: Smallman,AJ,Jason,JTA19 R
Sent: 18 November 2014 17:22
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

Oh, here it is

    <InstallExecuteSequence>
      <Custom Action="ConfigureClientAction" Before="InstallFinalize"  />
    </InstallExecuteSequence>

Once I fix the problem, how do I go back to a clean state in my system i.e. guarantee that the uninstall has worked?

-----Original Message-----
From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:Jac...@gr...]
Sent: 18 November 2014 17:19
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

That's the definition of the CA, but where is it scheduled? Judging from the name of the CA, it's modifying a payload the installer deploys.  Since your CA is modifying machine state, it should be a deferred CA and you should provide a rollback/uninstall CA as well. (That's more than likely the root of your problem, but until we can see your install execute sequence, it's just a hunch.)

To get verbose logs, use /l*v <path to log> when calling msiexec.  
Ex: msiexec /l*v %TEMP%\debug.log /I foo.msi

-----Original Message-----
From: jas...@bt... [mailto:jas...@bt...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:10 AM
To: wix...@li...
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

My entry looks like this

    <CustomAction Id="ConfigureClientAction"
      Return="check"
      Execute="immediate"
      BinaryKey="ConfigureClient"
      DllEntry="EncryptConfigFile" />

The action does a ActionResult.Success 

I am no expert on Wix so I don't know how to find the log file!

-----Original Message-----
From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:Jac...@gr...]
Sent: 18 November 2014 17:04
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

What's the condition on your custom action? What does the log file on the initial install look like? 

-----Original Message-----
From: jas...@bt... [mailto:jas...@bt...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:00 AM
To: wix...@li...
Subject: [WiX-users] why do I have to install twice to make things happen?

Hi,

I have created a Wix installer with a custom action.

However, I need to run the installer twice (without uninstalling inbetween) for the custom action to work.

Any ideas why?

I thought that I may have not properly uninstalled the application properly. I used the Control Panel. Is there a registry setting I can remove which will make my application be fully uninstalled from Windows.

Thanks
Jason

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