[wix-users] Cannot update the currently installed product to a newer version (the third version component is changed)

[Tigran Galoyan]

Thanks for the tip! My case is definitely a minor upgrade. However, based
on the MS docs, I clearly change the package code (controlled through the
*) and product version. And not necessarily I need to do patch install,
since by following the document, I couldn't see that request. But even in
that case if I remove the whole MajorUpgrade element from my main wxs file
I still get that error. Am I missing anything here? Or in other words, is
there a way to do minor upgrade, without using patch install or
uninstall/install order?

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 3:54 PM Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/minor-upgrades
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> If you want a minor upgrade, then you have to deal with servicing those
> existing installs by generating a patch (or forcing an
> uninstall/reinstall). Major upgrades are much easier to manage.
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> *From:* Tigran Galoyan [mailto:tigran.galoyan at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 27, 2020 2:45 PM
> *To:* Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
> *Cc:* WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [wix-users] Cannot update the currently installed product
> to a newer version (the third version component is changed)
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> Hi Jacob,
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> But I don't change the Major or minor versions, those stay "1.10". I
> change only the 3rd and 4th. The forth is ignored anyways, but the 3rd
> changes. So once we have a major upgrade we will bump up the first
> component of the version from 1 to 2 and we'll also change the Product Id,
> but for now we don;t need it. However, we should still be able to upgrade
> the product having the 3rd component increased.
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> Thanks,
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> Tigran
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> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 3:23 PM Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
> wrote:
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> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/changing-the-product-code
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> If you want a MajorUpgrade, you need to change the product code.
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> *From:* wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Tigran Galoyan via wix-users
> *Sent:* Monday, April 27, 2020 2:19 PM
> *To:* WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> *Cc:* Tigran Galoyan <tigran.galoyan at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [wix-users] Cannot update the currently installed product to a
> newer version (the third version component is changed)
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have installed my product version e.g. 1.10.1511.2574 and now when I try
> to install version 1.10.1525.0722 of the same product it gives an error
> "another version of this product is already installed installation of this
> version cannot continue ...".
>
> My Product Id and UpgradeCode attributes have constant GUID values. The
> Package Id attribute has * value for auto generation.
>
> Without MajorUpgrade element declaration I get that error when installing
> the next version.
>
> When adding the MajorUpgrade with the following attributes and values I get
> the same error.
>
> <MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="no" AllowDowngrades="no"
> DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already
> installed."
> Disallow="yes" DisallowUpgradeErrorMessage="An older
> version of [ProductName] is already installed. Uninstall it first." />
>
> When changing the AllowSameVersionUpgrades attribute value to YES I still
> get the same error.
>
> <MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes" AllowDowngrades="no"
> DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already
> installed."
> Disallow="yes" DisallowUpgradeErrorMessage="An older
> version of [ProductName] is already installed. Uninstall it first." />
>
> The description of AllowSameVersionUpgrades clearly indicates that MSI
> ignores the forth version component, but in my case the existing 3rd
> component is 1511 and for the new one it's 1525, so it increased, why would
> it then doesn't allow me to upgrade?
>
> Thanks for the support.
>
> Best,
> Tigran
>
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