[wix-users] Adding file to the install package

Nir Bar nir.bar at panel-sw.com
Wed Aug 8 04:47:56 PDT 2018


You can set REINSTALLMODE property to "vamus" to ensure *all* files are overwritten. The drawback however is that if system files are overwritten then reboot may be required. Alternatively, use my WiX extension's "AlwaysOverwriteFile" element nested under a 'File' to overwrite select files https://www.nuget.org/packages/PanelSwWixExtension/ -- Nir Bar, Independent WiX Expert. Creator of- JetBA: WiX WPF Bootstrapper User Interface Framework JetBA++: WiX Native Bootstrapper User Interface Framework JetRummikub: Install WiX packages on remote machines


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