[wix-users] update Registry Key when user reruns the setup and clicks on change/reinstall button

[Edwin Castro]

Hi Apps,

I think your use of Transitive="yes" is backfiring on you.

The article below suggests you use Transitive="yes" as a mechanism to
conditionally install between components. In such cases you want to
evaluate a condition and install/remove the component only on condition
transition from true to false or false to true. You don't have a condition
so once your component is installed the "condition" doesn't change so it
doesn't reinstall the component.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/alexshev/2008/03/27/from-msi-to-wix-part-12-customizing-installation-using-transitive-components/


Of course, that is only a guess. Perhaps the problem may actually have more
to do with the value of the REINSTALLMODE property.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/reinstallmode

I would first try to remove the Transitive attribute and test to see if I
get the behavior I expect to get and then go from there.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 11:22 PM Aparna Dalvi via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have a feature as shown below.
>
>
>    <Feature Id="F_PRODUCT_INSTALLROOT"
>
>               Title="!(loc.F_ProductSetup.Title)"
>
>               Level="1"
>
>               TypicalDefault="install"
>
>               Description="!(loc.F_ProductSetup.Description)"
>
>               AllowAdvertise="no"
>
>               Absent="disallow">
>
>       <ComponentGroupRef Id="cgrp_Registry_Build_CurrentVersion"/>
>
>       <ComponentGroupRef Id="cgrp_Registry_SetupSettings"/>
>
>     </Feature>
>
>
>
>
>
> All component groups are writing into registry. In first installation
> setups writes in registry as expected. When user rerun the same setup and
> click on change, he must be able to change the registry values.
>
>
>  But this is not working . I see property values updated to new one but the
> feature is not getting install and registry settings are not updated. here
> is the log:
>
>
>
> *MSI (s) (D4:24) [11:36:46:311]: Feature: F_PRODUCT_INSTALLROOT; Installed:
> Local; Request: Null; Action: Null*
>
>
>
> Here is the registry group I am trying to update on change/reinstall
>
>
>
>     <ComponentGroup Id=" cgrp_Registry_SetupSettings" Directory="
> DIR_COMMON_DEFAULT_PITWEBPUBROOT">
>
>       <Component Id="cmp_Registry_SetupSettings_PCS" Guid="
> $(var.guid_cmp_Registry_SetupSettings_PCS)" Win64="yes" Transitive="yes">
>
>         <RegistryKey Root='HKLM' Key='
> SOFTWARE\$(var.ProductSetupFullRegRoot)' ForceCreateOnInstall='yes'
> ForceDeleteOnUninstall='no'>
>
>           <RegistryValue Name='[xyz]' Value='[xyz]' Type='string' />
>
>         </RegistryKey>
>
>       </Component>
>
>     </ComponentGroup>
>
>
>
> I have already search (google and wix users mail archive) but could not
> find any working solution.
>
>
> I really appreciate if somebody can help me to resolve this problem.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Apps
>
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