[wix-users] Force update of Single File

[Brian E]

I have a weird predicament where a Nuget package in beta had a FileVersion
= 1.0.0 and ProductVersion = 2.0.0-beta.  It had now been released for
production with  FileVersion = 1.0.0 and ProductVersion = 2.0.0.

The problem I am running into is that a major upgrade is not replacing the
2.0.0-beta version of the file with the 2.0.0 version of the file during
installation.

Is there a way to force an update on a single file? I have tried using the
Version Lying trick but apparently that only works when File.DefaultVersion
is not set on the file itself. (according to this post
https://blog.stephencleary.com/2009/05/wix-version-lying-take-two.html)

I also cannot use the <Property Id="REINSTALLMODE" Value="amus" /> to force
a reinstall of everything as there are config files that should not be
replaced.  I tried placing this property with a <Fragment /> that contained
the file to update but that still force the update of everything.


Brian Enderle

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