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[HappyFunBall]

My upgrade works fine when run from the IDE (10.0 sp1), but does nothing when run from the setup.exe.


Its a major upgrade with feature changes/removal.
The version is 1.00.trial vs 1.00.0000, but I've left the Product/Upgrade codes unchanged. This seemed to work fine from the IDE; the uninstall and reinstall went perfect... The UI sequence is identical except the quick message about 'removing old versions'.

But running from the setup.exe says 'This will perform an upgrade ... continue?'. It DOESN'T run the UI sequence, just a 'resuming installation' screen. But nothing gets changed, old features still there, none of the new features.

[HappyFunBall]

Changing versions from 1.00.trial to 2.00.00000 made no difference either.

[Stefan Krueger]

In the IDE there's an option to uninstall the old version before installing the new version. This is done by the IDE to make testing easier. You should turn this option off to avoid confusion. (It's an IDE preference option, not a project setting)

Then add a Major Upgrade item to your project and perform Upograde Validation to see if everything is set up correctly for your Major Upgrade. (I'm not sure if this is possible for "InstallScript MSI" projects)

There are known upgrade issues with "InstallScript MSI" rojects. Therefore I strongly recommend using "Basic MSI" instead.

[HappyFunBall]

Well I rebuilt with Basic MSI in case Installscript was the problem: I'm still getting the same behavior - it says an upgrade will be performed, but nothing is replaced.

I've attached the validation results.log. Some of what it says makes no sense to me: it has "errors" about not being able to perform a minor/small upgrade, but adding a major upgrade item made no difference. And differences in components claimed - I didn't change anything in them, just replaced them in the non-trial release.

Does having a trial and non-trial release with different components for the .exe and other files make sense in the same .msi installer?

Why is a validation check even necessary? If I've asked it to do a complete uninstall and it SAYS it will perform the upgrade, what do changes matter? Wipe it out, baby, save the user that uninstall step.

Thanks for the help, Stefan.

Attached Files

•  Results.log   5.12KB   58 downloads

[Stefan Krueger]

The first validation entry says:

[HappyFunBall]

Ok, changing the product code results in no message about upgrade to occur, but leaves the old product, and in Add/Remove Programs there are TWO entries.

The validation log is attached.

Attached Files

•  Results.log   534bytes   32 downloads

[Stefan Krueger]

Das ist schon besser. Jetzt das nächste Problem:

[HappyFunBall]

Ok, I'm using 1.00.0000 instead of 1.00.trial.

And I've tried "Products sharing my upgrade code",
and "Products with another upgrade code" (pasting the same code there),
and "Any earlier version",
and "range x-1.00.0000",

makes no difference: I still get 2 installs in Add/Remove programs, with the older product still in the directories.

The validation log is attached.

(thank the internet for BabelFish!)

Attached Files

•  Results.log   533bytes   29 downloads

[Stefan Krueger]

Sorry for the language - this sometimes happens when I randomly move between the English and the German part of the forum