5 replies to this topic

[rpalladino]

Hello.

I've been developing Windows Installer setups for a year, but still do not understand how some things work.
My setup is the same used for installation and upgrades. On MaintenanceType dialog, I use event Reinstall = All.
But sometimes some features do not get reinstalled, and it gives me lots of trouble, cause I dont know why. For example, in one of my clients, one specific feature appears (on log) on the ADDLOCAL property, and is not in REINSTALL property!
Then its action is set to "Local", instead of "Reinstall".
Sometimes also, features actions are "Reinstall", but its components simply appears with action "null".

What Actions control reinstallation of features and components?
How can I make it simply work?

Thank you very much for help!!!

Rafael Palladino

[Stefan Krueger]

Generate a verbose log file and look for SELMGR errors

[rpalladino]

Thank you!
I did it, but found no SELMGR entry or "broken" word.
It looks the Upgrade Rules are Ok.

[Stefan Krueger]

What does the log say about the component selection state? Something like "won't overwrite because newer version already exists" and the like.

From the top of my head I hae no idea what's going wrong.

[rpalladino]

The log says nothing like this.
Stefan, I think this problem is caused by a structural error on my setup design.
I really would like to understand what exactly Windows Installer does to determine
actions for Features/Components.
Do you know any source where I could learn it deeply?

[Stefan Krueger]