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Lon

The problem was reproducable on multiple machines here.

Changing the GUID, replacing the version in the ProductName with [|ProductVersion] and dropping the fourth set of digits (build number) in the version seems to have fixed the problem.

Many thanks for your excellent help.

Lon Kight

Lon

Project sent to support.

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Lon

Lon

1. Simply install one version of an application like <MyApplicationName> version 3.2.3.

2. Create / change the version to 3.3.0 and install it. Two versions of the same application are now installed side by side (in different directories) on the same machine.

3. Access the start menu properties ...

Lon

I am not aware of an API to get the log file name, but I would not doubt you get it from the handle provided by the custom action entry point.

Here's a scaled down example of a DLL entry point (using visual c++). The entry point is exposed to Advanced Installer >> Customer Action >> Install (phase ...

Lon

Hi

My installation has many command line parameters and I needed to do a lot of processing on those parameters both before and after installation of the files.

My pre-processing included verification of the command line parms such that if it failed, then the actual install would stop before a ...

Lon

Uninstalling my application removes all the program files, registry entries, desk-top links, and start menu shortcuts just fine, unless multiple versions of the application are installed.

When multiple versions are installed and you uninstall the last version, the start menu entries for the (last ...

Lon

This works great, thanks.

Lon

My custom action is written in C++ and includes a simple logger module with three outputs: (1) writes to a simple flat file, (2) one writes to stdout, and (3) the third writes to MsiProcessMessage() with entries in the installer log file. All these methods work fine on every windows platform accept ...

Lon

What do you do when your custom action is failing on Vista and you cannot do the [deferred with no impersonation] option? My custom action needs a bunch of properties that are only available with the immediate option.

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Lon

Lon

What are the steps to edit a file after it has been installed?

For example, you install an application which has a config file with certain defaults. But you also provide the end user with a dozen or so command line properties like DEBUG=on or SERVER="HostName" or PORT=555… that needs to be written ...

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