It really depends on what type of project you do. None of our Basic MSI projects are having difficulties running on Win7, but we have one InstallScript project and that requires the newer version. I got a call back from Acresso’s sales staff and they say in Q3 sometime. ... View more

I think using MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL to disable the restart manager has been the easiest thing to do but not the best. ... View more

I would also like to know how to fix this problem. I have two services that need to be stopped before uninstalling/upgrade/repair in system context so they are marked that way in the ServiceControl table. Unfortunately Windows Installer’s InstallValidate action doesn’t seem to take that into account correctly when detecting the files in use on Vista with UAC on, so I get the following message: “The setup must update files or services that cannot be updated while the system is running. If you choose to continue, a reboot will be required to complete the setup.” However this is a lie because the StopServices and DeleteServices actions are before the RemoveFiles action in the sequence, so you never need to reboot. Why do we need to scare the users like this? Is there something wrong with my tables? Or am I missing something? This seems like a bug in Windows Installer to me. ... View more