[wix-users] How to know if a MSI was installed as a part of bundle

Kaveesh Dashora kaveeshd at googlemail.com
Tue Mar 8 05:14:13 PST 2022


Thank you Rob. I had the same thoughts. However, I was wondering if there
is a inbuilt property which I can use.

On Tue, 8 Mar, 2022, 5:08 pm Rob Mensching, <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> Sure. Pass a property when installed as part of the bundle that isn't
> there when installed standalone.
>
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> Subject: [wix-users] How to know if a MSI was installed as a part of bundle
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Managed Wix Bundle. It includes 4 different MSIs.
> Two of them are shared components which the user can install separately
> also.
>
> I am facing a scenario where the user has installed MSI separately, and
> after installing it he comes and installs my bundle. It all works fine.
> However, while uninstalling, the other 2 MSIs which were already installed,
> they also get uninstalled.
>
> Is there a way to know if the MSI was installed as a part of my bundle? In
> such a case, I will not schedule an uninstallation of the non bundle
> installed MSIs.
> --
> Kaveesh
>
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