[wix-users] MSI vs. Bootstrapper

[Ondrej Krc-Jediny]

1. I don't. But customers accidentally might use bootstrapper over .msi
installation and I would like to handle such scenarios correctly.
2. Yes my bootstrapper is managed. The way I understand it, the product is
correctly major-upgraded (previous version is uninstalled before new
version is upgraded), the only problem is an 'empty' bootstrapper
registered in ARP. When I launch uninstall on it, it uninstalls immediately
and I am left with correct .msi upgraded installation.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Farrukh Waheed <farrukh1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > WiX Toolset Users Mailing List provided by FireGiant
> > http://www.firegiant.com/
> >
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> WiX Toolset Users Mailing List provided by FireGiant
> http://www.firegiant.com/
>