[wix-users] Adding file to the install package

[Walter Dexter]

Elena, iirc you can put a RemoveFile in the component before the file. Something like that. I’m on vacation and don’t have my work stuff.

Walt

> On Aug 7, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Elena Aralla via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> after reading these articles, I have clearer ideas, but there are still some things that I don’t understand.
> 
> Let's say, for example, that my program must use a specific dll.
> 
> The setup installs it.
> 
> Exit a new version of the dll and add it to my setup (changing the source in the component that already contained it)
> 
> I realize that the new version of the dll breaks everything and I want to go back to the previous version. The setup, from what I understand, does not reinstall it, because it finds a more recent version; what can I do?
> 
> if I have a thousand files, do I have to manually change the guid of each component that contains it to make sure they are updated during an upgrade?
> 
> Thank you,
> Elena.
> 
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