Uninstall MSI that was not installed with bootstrapper. Only uninstall when bootstrapper is uninstalling

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I have an msi that is not installed by my bootstrapper that needs to be uninstalled when the bootstrapper is being uninstalled(not when it is being installed). Is there a way to do this in burn?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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Use a custom action and set its ExeCommand attribute to the msiexec uninstall command with the /x parameter. You will need to know the product code of that MSI.

msiexec /x {Package | ProductCode}

You can read more about msiexec command and its parameters over here.

EDIT: To prevent it from running during installation set the condition of the custom action to Remove="ALL". Read more about it here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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answered Jul 12 '16 at 05:07

Harsh Pandey

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This was my thought as well. My only concern was how to prevent the execution during initial installation of the bootstrapper. – B.Flo Jul 15 '16 at 20:03
Check edit. Let me know if that doesn't work or if you need more help. – Harsh Pandey Jul 15 '16 at 20:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:37

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Not today, there's an open feature request for bundles to be able to uninstall arbitrary MSI's by ProductCode - https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/4858.

answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:37

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Uninstall MSI that was not installed with bootstrapper. Only uninstall when bootstrapper is uninstalling

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