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May 06, 2010
10:53 AM
Manual Uninstall fails? need help
I'm currently working on a Basic MSI project. I successfully installed my program. Right now it just creates some folders and files, and edits the text files using InstallScript functions. I then deleted the folders and files it had installed manually.
When I tried to run the install again from InstallShield, it tries to uninstall. But since the files are missing, it's trying to delete them from the InstallScript uninstall functions I created, but they don't exist so it gets an error. I tried removing those scripts from the sequence, but it keeps launching them. I also recreated the folder structure and file by hand, and it still keeps getting an error.
Is there a way to manually tell InstallShield the project is uninstalled? I can't do anything, because it keeps trying to uninstall and keeps failing. I really have no idea what to do, help please!
When I tried to run the install again from InstallShield, it tries to uninstall. But since the files are missing, it's trying to delete them from the InstallScript uninstall functions I created, but they don't exist so it gets an error. I tried removing those scripts from the sequence, but it keeps launching them. I also recreated the folder structure and file by hand, and it still keeps getting an error.
Is there a way to manually tell InstallShield the project is uninstalled? I can't do anything, because it keeps trying to uninstall and keeps failing. I really have no idea what to do, help please!
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May 07, 2010
02:16 PM
Perhaps install your newer build over the older one so that it overwrites the existing cached MSI information, using the command that minor upgrades use:
msiexec /i LatestBuild.msi REINSTALLMODE=voums REINSTALL=ALL
msiexec /i LatestBuild.msi REINSTALLMODE=voums REINSTALL=ALL