RE: [WiX-users] Re: Remove re-installs right over again

[Bob A. <sf...@bo...>]

> package, but the
> Me> shortcut entries and files are still there.  Looking at 
> the debug log
> Me> from msiexec, it seems it does remove the files and the 
> shortcuts, but
> Me> then re-installs them right over again.  Can anyone help 
> me figure out
> Me> why?

The problem is that your components don't have their Guid attribute set. MSI
will happily install GUID-less components, but then promptly forgets it ever
did so. The log basically says so:

MSI (s) (40:80) [19:33:20:672]: Component: scheme_posix_component;
Installed: Null;   Request: Null;   Action: Null
MSI (s) (40:80) [19:33:20:672]: Component: doc_component; Installed: Null;
Request: Null;   Action: Null
MSI (s) (40:80) [19:33:20:672]: Component: doc_html_component; Installed:
Null;   Request: Null;   Action: Null
MSI (s) (40:80) [19:33:20:672]: Component: include_component; Installed:
Null;   Request: Null;   Action: Null

"Installed: Null" means that MSI doesn't believe the component is installed.
Because they're GUID-less, "Request: Null," and therefore, "Action: Null."

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