BasicMSI + Installer Class = Not Firing All Events
I've been having some issues with our installer not uninstalling correctly. Among these issues are: 1) If uninstalling after an upgrade, the program is "uninstalled" according to windows, but none of the files are removed 2) During any uninstall, *none* of the System.Configuration.Install.Installer class events are fired. This is strange to me given that it works fine in a normal MSI build through Visual Studio (without any installshield involved), and I believe worked fine in IS2008. For me, this is a problem because I can't reverse any of the system changes I make in the same installer classes's Install event calls which *do* work.
Any ideas? I've seen some related posts to both of these, but none of them seem very "resolved" (and I question how similar the conditions are to my situation). One of the posts said something about an /uninst parameter, but with no information on where it goes, when it will be used there, or why it should even be necessary.
I do not suggest using Installer class Custom actions under *ANY* ( yes, I mean any ) circumstances. Check out WiX DTF instead. It is a much better solution that will give you the ultimate control over what your custom actions can and can't do while having much better reliability and simplified integration.
For what it's worth, InstallShield 2009 also has managed-code custom actions as an alternative to Installer classes; and I think the /uninst switch is only for InstallScript projects.
