[wix-users] MSI vs. Bootstrapper

[Farrukh Waheed]

1: Why do you need to Repair it with Bootstrapper, when you can repair it
with the msi or from Program & Features directly?
2. Seems like your Major upgrade is not uninstsalling previous version
before installing its upgraded version. Is your bootstrapper a Managed
Bootstrapper?

On 24 June 2016 at 15:44, Ondrej Krc-Jediny <ondro.krc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I'd like to ask two questions. It is possible that customers for our
> product will use both managed bootstrapper installer and .msi.
>
> 1:
> When I install the product with .msi and Repair it with bootstrapper, it
> results in two ARP entries (one for the bootstrapper, one for the 'visible'
> .msi).
> Is there any way I can hide the .msi ARP entry after such operation?
>
> 2:
> When I install the product with bootstrapper and do a Major Upgrade with
> .msi, it results in two ARP entries.
> Is there any way I can unregister the bootsrapper?
> The only way I can think of is to call a command that is called when
> bootstrapper is major upgraded with another bootstrapper to unregister the
> old one:
> "C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{BUNDLE_PRODUCT_CODE}\Bootstrapper.exe"
> -uninstall -quiet -burn.related.upgrade -burn.ancestors={SOME_GUID}
> But I don't know to find out the BUNDLE_PRODUCT_CODE and SOME_GUID inside
> the .msi.
>
> Thank you for your help
>
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