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‎Mar 18, 2009
10:14 AM
Files not overwritten on Upgrade.
I have a basic MSI installer that I am trying to configure for upgrade. When I run the installer on a system which has an older version of my app, the files do not get replaced with the newer version.
I ran the install with verbose logging and all of the files components had an entry similar to this:
MSI (s) (A8:D8) [15:44:13:403]: Component: AllOtherFiles28; Installed: Absent; Request: Null; Action: Null
How do I force the upgrade to overwrite the old files?
I ran the install with verbose logging and all of the files components had an entry similar to this:
MSI (s) (A8:D8) [15:44:13:403]: Component: AllOtherFiles28; Installed: Absent; Request: Null; Action: Null
How do I force the upgrade to overwrite the old files?
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‎Mar 18, 2009
01:07 PM
are the file versions in your new msi higher than those in your previous version?
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‎Mar 18, 2009
01:15 PM
I don't know how to check. Sorry, somewhat new. The documentation doesn't help much with that one.
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‎Mar 18, 2009
02:47 PM
This may help:
I noticed that the Install directory in the latest version of my installer is different than the one used in the older version. Several of the folders and files inside it have changed as well. However, the new installation directory is not created separately and does not overwrite the old one. How can I make this happen?
I noticed that the Install directory in the latest version of my installer is different than the one used in the older version. Several of the folders and files inside it have changed as well. However, the new installation directory is not created separately and does not overwrite the old one. How can I make this happen?
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‎Mar 18, 2009
03:49 PM
I finally found the problem. I simply had to update the product code (General Information --> Product Properties --> Product Code --> Generate Guid)
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‎Mar 19, 2009
06:12 AM
Joseph Schrag wrote:
I finally found the problem. I simply had to update the product code (General Information --> Product Properties --> Product Code --> Generate Guid)
Then you did a major upgrade?
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