[wix-users] MSI vs. Bootstrapper

[Farrukh Waheed]

Well, is there any specific reason for shipping both, while msi is packaged
inside the bootstrapper already...?

On 27 June 2016 at 14:14, Ondrej Krc-Jediny <ondro.krc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have Compressed=yes already and also Visible=No (which I do not set
> explicitly, but it is the default). We ship both .msi and bootstrapper .exe
> to the customers intentionally, that's why I'm thinking of such scenarios.
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Farrukh Waheed <farrukh1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 1. Just my guess. You are not compressing .msi into your Bootstrapper.exe
> > i.e. In your Chain, MsiPackage's attribute 'Compressed' should be 'yes'
> and
> > Visibile should be 'no'. So better compress msi into Bootstrapper.exe and
> > let your customers do the Install/Uninstall things from Boostrapper.exe.
> > Visible='no' would present it to appear in Control Panel
> >
> > 2.Not sure how you are handling Major Upgrade. But first implement 1,
> which
> > may solve issue 2 as well.
> >
> > On 27 June 2016 at 12:16, Ondrej Krc-Jediny <ondro.krc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > > >
> > > > >
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