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[Yehuda]

I have MSI setup project created in VS2008.
The next properties - 'RemovePreviousVersions ' and 'DetectNewerInstalledVersion' - are set to 'true'.
'Version' - 1.0.3 - is incremented before every build, and as result 'ProductCode' is changed too.

The files of periously installed version are NOT overwritten !!!

Is there any proper solution?

I currently start the setup with bat file with the next command line inside:
setup.exe REINSTALLMODE=amus
but it is annoying way because of dealing of black dos window/

I tried to change parameters inside msi file (with Orca) without effect.

[MSIYER]

Effectively, what you are creating is as Major Upgrade since you are changing the Product Version and the Product Code(GUID). But you have not mentioned anything about what you are doing with the Upgrade table.

It would be of immense help if you fill the Upgrade table so as to create a Major Upgrade. This will help you to avoid REINSTALLMODE and the CLI.

This should be the proper solution, in my opinion.

[Stefan Krueger]

As far as I know Visual Studio will create the Upgrade table entry if these flags are set. So a log file should help.
Note that the version resource in each changed file also needs to be incremented.