[wix-users] Bundle is uninstalling a component I commented out

[Hoover, Jacob]

I would say it's working as expected.  You should not comment out the MSI, but rather freeze the version of the MSI in question.  When a bundle upgrades, burn is going to remove the old bundle after the new one is installed, so any package that is no longer referenced (and isn't flagged as permanent) is going to be removed by default.

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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Sean Brockway via wix-users
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:33 PM
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Cc: Sean Brockway <Sean.Brockway at ncm.com>
Subject: [wix-users] Bundle is uninstalling a component I commented out

Group,
I have a bundle installer that pulls in a couple of MSIs from a suite of tools into a single installer. One of the tools was having a problem so I pulled it out by commenting out the associated <MsiPackage ... /> expecting the existing version of the tool on the machine to be retained as I upgraded (not install the new one with a bug).
However, when I ran the bundle installer, it uninstalled the tool that I commented out.

Is there a way I can retain the old version of a tool (not uninstall it) when upgrading via the installer?  Until I figure out the problem in that tool.

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension">
       <Bundle Name="..."
                     Version="1.0.0.0"
                     Manufacturer="..."
                     UpgradeCode="...">
              <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense">
                     <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication
                           LicenseUrl=""
                           xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension" />
              </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
              <Chain>
...
                     <MsiPackage Id="TAC"
                                  SourceFile="Installers\InstallTAC.msi"
                                  Visible="yes" />
              </Chain>
       </Bundle>
</Wix>

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