Question about installation modes

[CChong]

Hi,

I would like make my application install the same way no matter how many times it has been installed on a pc.

ie.

- Install app (get all install options etc)
Install success

- Install app again on same pc (same user)
here i would like to get all the normal install options (as if it was the first install)

At the moment , i am getting the repair/reinstall/modify options.

In devstudio when i do a "run" it runs the install in the way i want.

I have looked at the INSTALLMODE property but cant seem to see anything that will do what i require.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
James

[Paul_M_]

The reason that you see this behavior in DevStudio is because it uninstalls the application before installing the application again. This is an option turned on by default. The type of functionality you are looking for is called Side by Side Installs. Please look in the MSI platform SDK for information on how to do this with Instance transforms. There is a help article called "Installing Multiple Instances with Instance Transforms" that gives a good description of how to do this.