[wix-users] Cabs being striped out. Un-Install is fine.

[Hoover, Jacob]

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/heaths/2009/02/02/changes-to-package-caching-in-windows-installer-5-0/

"Windows Installer 5.0 does not consider the Installer-cached .msi files to be valid source and will still resolve possible source locations or prompt as it has in the past."

A bundle would fix this, as it's package cache is a valid source.  And I'd also recommend using external CAB's to reduce the size of the Windows Installer cached MSI.

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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Steve De George
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 6:22 AM
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Subject: [wix-users] Cabs being striped out. Un-Install is fine.

HI all.


Still working on a problem with the MSI getting cached  but the cabs are stripped out. I can un-install but cannot repair without a prompt for the location of the original MSI.


So... As I have been Google'ing it seems the cabs are stripped out as the un-install works.


I am not using a Boot-strapper anymore and just running the MSI itself. I have tested on Win 7 and Server 2008 and have set the Package InstallerVersion="500"


Any ideas?   What am I missing?

Thanks.


Steve De George - Pivotal Z / NextGen Software, Inc.
253-656-4061
www.pivotalz.com<http://www.pivotalz.com/>
www.nextgensoftware.com<http://www.nextgensoftware.com/>

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