[wix-users] WIX Parent folder not getting removed during uninstallation though no files are left

Mayooran Macilamany mayooran99 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 7 19:52:38 PDT 2016


INSTALLLOCATION is set to C drive("C:\"). I have two MSIs inside this
bundle. First MSI has the following structure defined.

<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION">
        <Directory Id="TestInstallDir" Name="Test2.0">
          <Directory Id="UPDATESDIR" Name="Updates">
            <Component Id="CreateUpdateFolder"
Guid="4987B101-283D-4F37-8A29-AAD6A764BE23" Win64="no">
              <CreateFolder />
            </Component>
          </Directory>
          <Directory Id="SERVERDIR" Name="UpdaterService">
          <Component .................</Component>
</Directory>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>

Second MSI has the following directory structure defined.

<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION">
        <Directory Id="MosquittoInstallDir" Name="Test2.0">
          <Directory Id="MyProgramDir" Name="Mosquitto" />
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>

Both those MSIs are installed in the same directory. Do you see any issues
here?

   -  When I uninstall the 2nd MSI first and then run an uninstall on the
   1st MSI, 1st MSI does delete all folders and do a clean uninstall.
   - But when uninstall the 1st MSI second and then run an uninstall on the
   2nd MSI, 2nd MSI doesn't delete that Test2.0 folders. But there are files
   or services left undeleted. Even the MSI is removed from Programs and
   Features. Its just that the Test2.0 folder remain in this scenario.

   Any help would be much appreciated. And I checked the log files. Nothing
   abnormal there. Both the scenarios I mentioned have the same logs.


On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:02 AM, John Cooper <JoCooper at jackhenry.com> wrote:

> The MSI log will usually tell you.  The most common cause is a contained
> file that can't be deleted (usually because it is running).  Also, deletes
> can be funny.  The file system tends to cache them and files that should be
> gone may live on for a few more seconds.  Finally, files in AppPools tend
> to get randomly locked by IIS.
>
> --
> John Merryweather Cooper
> Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise
> Notification Service
> Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext:  431050 |
> JoCooper at jackhenry.com
>
>
>
>
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> Subject: [wix-users] WIX Parent folder not getting removed during
> uninstallation though no files are left
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> I have this MSI which is included in my burn bootstrap EXE. When I
> uninstall this MSI, and when there are no other MSIs left installed,
> uninstalling this MSI wouldn't remove the parent installation folder
> (testInstallDir). Below is my wix file.
>
> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
>     <Product Id="*" Name="MosquittoInstaller" Language="1033"
> Version="3.0.7.0" Manufacturer="Zone24x7"
> UpgradeCode="b2cb73e9-bce8-463f-986d-b3f8f13283dd">
>     <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
> InstallScope="perMachine" Platform="x64"/>
>
>     <MajorUpgrade   DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName]
> is already installed." Schedule="afterInstallInitialize"/>
>
>     <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes"/>
>
>         <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="MosquittoInstaller" Level="1">
>       <ComponentGroupRef Id="MosquittoFilesGroup"/>
>         </Feature>
>     </Product>
>
>   <Fragment>
>
>     <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
>       <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION">
>         <Directory Id="testInstallDir" Name="test2.0">
>           <Directory Id="MyProgramDir" Name="Mosquitto" />
>         </Directory>
>       </Directory>
>     </Directory>
>     <CustomAction Id='RunMosquitto'
>  FileKey="fil7D28AEF774656849395A2FA20A5C963D"  Execute="deferred"
> ExeCommand='-v' Return="asyncNoWait" HideTarget="no" Impersonate="no"/>
>     </Fragment>
>
>
>   <Fragment>
>
>     <DirectoryRef Id="MyProgramDir">
>       <Directory Id="dirC8FCCB6AC509A125EE3B37CC7E907774" Name="devel" />
>     </DirectoryRef>
>   </Fragment>
>   <Fragment>
>     <ComponentGroup Id="MosquittoFilesGroup">
>       <Component Id="cmp4D47D22EE0C10F2FE658B4D343E1153F"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="5458BA33-9B08-46E1-8EE7-DE516F2FEF64">
>         <File Id="filFC4C205CAB822D245B62422765716A32" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/aclfile.example" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp3245A363F29E5F92EEFB67D8F4A466FD"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="1ED7F2BD-692C-4C96-8CF5-C2064B64BF8D">
>         <File Id="filB660EA30BBEBA21E457F2F3CA4811CC9" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/ChangeLog.txt" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpA2A091D2A61C720ED9AE76DAF2674BE6"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="5F780D6F-F8BB-4BF6-84F6-EF8613404775">
>         <File Id="fil83340F4F2CEADCD75C02CB23AEE43E5B" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/edl-v10" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp6F9F08890072C152F5FADAD0D513493C"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="BE80EDA6-28FC-4C0D-8BAC-94FA8AE5BB94">
>         <File Id="fil60C98E7B75120C739F33F0C7ABF52318" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/epl-v10" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpB04A2DC39867DD744B3591AC2AFB49BC"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="236F6263-DCDB-42BC-8DA3-8D23189EC331">
>         <File Id="fil93F56A00DDA348881B22245DADDB4F5A" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/libeay32.dll" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp3FA55FD836AD7B4095DAFD837A100110"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="7ED4C914-E66F-4F39-AC4E-A24123BF394C">
>         <File Id="fil711449631134E31C4C38DCA6C4FCD922" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/libssl32.dll" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpBA00B50D8224C040011EC424B900FE43"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="EF6C19F7-CCC3-4C61-B5B8-DE01A0C6D55E">
>         <File Id="filA995207A6EF3FF0B4A1912B4627C6A9E" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp4587500C7F4126281D74E67979861A5F"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="E81C33BB-226C-40F2-AE05-6F0EDFEDEA00">
>         <File Id="filF89C2DB7028E205E7170A35A8F9520E6" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/mosquitto.dll" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp59455E1C37B7879C4BC250DE3D60A2AD"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="179B4F4C-912B-4CA1-8F08-5E1B4ADFFD8B">
>         <File Id="fil7D28AEF774656849395A2FA20A5C963D" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/mosquitto.exe" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpFC2AA06F4719D34513B7E5E9EB230B41"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="C9CD68F9-77B1-481B-91ED-21AC8A84C4D7">
>         <File Id="fil217773E50C3CCD997EE125E6B0195649" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/mosquittopp.dll" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp783743C36FE8E1154B0AE9E72AC7D575"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="B5717FA1-FE2D-4617-814E-4492EA4D8807">
>         <File Id="filCB4D3062E6881D66561E91BD301B39EC" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/mosquitto_passwd.exe" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpB524C33DDFC8EBC62B98F9EBFC7807D0"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="68E7A8B3-DC15-404F-98D1-20487419D254">
>         <File Id="fil5F8821D626DC542D506A561E82B226A6" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/mosquitto_pub.exe" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp3F0A99A6FCDA4B694FD5CFAFDC8A80CF"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="7B83878B-3F39-4FFA-8FDC-FDFA88E882A5">
>         <File Id="fil4C12390E7E7C75828D70CEBED7733FCE" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/mosquitto_sub.exe" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpEA7CE0C91970F57073BB84F8319AB6E9"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="34F20F13-0533-4029-87BE-C248FEBC8BC6">
>         <File Id="fil431A1BF1C3B5AC45CE630487A7C4F945" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/pthreadVC2.dll" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp7501765F72B0586A968FAC0B19C630D3"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="4A041354-E31D-4074-83EA-5EB162E9088F">
>         <File Id="fil542FD8A849709E85C839FE825E8F7381" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/pwfile.example" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp9AA04B6F826A4FBEDDADF82E79A761E1"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="B48E76CB-C1A4-4E33-8D1C-93F17CF02CEE">
>         <File Id="fil9A73011E316138ECF5FA538F5FFA4E65" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/readme-windows.txt" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp32A4C8B2CEA9C2B249897CE3C6B247C6"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="584E5D69-990B-4CA7-808E-B0CB16061501">
>         <File Id="fil5ED5D6BCA1089DC259C7CBA92488771F" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/readme.txt" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpC98F4A8F1680E1A63542439212B11AE5"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="6B20C0FB-1EF6-47FA-8CF7-6670388E1EE4">
>         <File Id="fil85C65E95EE6846B0F10A532F68143610" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/ssleay32.dll" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp077EB2DAE856A91792B2F5D25E1657B1"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="380D7E34-F52D-495B-AD44-98496DA86C39">
>         <File Id="fil2C766C617C17E139FD0C4383EA2836C2" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/Uninstall.exe" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp75F7F5A733463114C1AE70CEE007EF5B"
> Directory="MyProgramDir" Guid="87C8326B-F7BE-48F4-B8E6-3C328EE3699B">
>         <File Id="fil6EFD0D9154A77F9F83AD40E108ABC645" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/websockets.dll" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpED679856D0F7640ABA659DEB9A01EB0C"
> Directory="dirC8FCCB6AC509A125EE3B37CC7E907774"
> Guid="B576C2B4-4157-469C-86E2-B869214CC64A">
>         <File Id="fil2AC1DBC8C2D9F23E430E4C762DCDE74D" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/devel/mosquitto.h" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp6E8EC27B07C11656CE96CA872FF39F60"
> Directory="dirC8FCCB6AC509A125EE3B37CC7E907774"
> Guid="78387CDF-FE90-464A-8D3F-BDD42B89C26C">
>         <File Id="filEEC89BDE9E29C6E182307F4C6826890A" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/devel/mosquitto.lib" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp85BF1685089A4DC262B71CEDC73FA6B3"
> Directory="dirC8FCCB6AC509A125EE3B37CC7E907774"
> Guid="F434B6D5-8A93-43CF-AC26-DE89F52E5A7E">
>         <File Id="fil7F5D72039158A30AF8EAA068868BBEF6" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/devel/mosquittopp.h" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmp8D747BA62B3F712D6A73536CB1C1EA26"
> Directory="dirC8FCCB6AC509A125EE3B37CC7E907774"
> Guid="BBF1DD11-F7C9-4823-ADC4-B31657B05ECF">
>         <File Id="filA474F6FBE224F895B1554D05DE2F419D" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/devel/mosquittopp.lib" />
>       </Component>
>       <Component Id="cmpB2DF497560B4E99936D5598EE54D381B"
> Directory="dirC8FCCB6AC509A125EE3B37CC7E907774"
> Guid="B0A4C898-AC74-4329-A88E-9321381B0EB9">
>         <File Id="fil0F36E85111041DA1F5ABEFF409812AFA" KeyPath="yes"
> Source="../../../Setups/mosquitto/mosquitto/devel/mosquitto_plugin.h" />
>       </Component>
>     </ComponentGroup>
>   </Fragment>
> </Wix>
>
> What am I doing wrong here? There are no files left. Just the empty
> test2.0 folder remains. Please advice.
>
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