Is there a way i can uninstall (and dont upgrade after) a previous version of my app, using an upgraded MSI (created in WIX)?
Is that possible at all?
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1Maybe this will help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7802965/upgrade-with-wix – Bogdan Mitrache Mar 26 '12 at 13:54
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Thanks, saw these already, but still missing the point.. – jinn Mar 28 '12 at 15:51
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Sorry, I missed the part with:
and dont upgrade after
I haven't see this done before. Why don't you just use the MSI from the original application to launch the uninstall?
If you want a simple double click package that performs the uninstall you can create an executable, doesn't matter the programming language, that executes this:
msiexec /x {..<product code>..}
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I'd like to have an Uninstall opton inside the upgraded MSI, so i dont know what shall i modify in WIX to achieve RemoveExistingProducts, then skipping install. – jinn Mar 29 '12 at 08:22
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Sorry, I still don't understand why you can't use the old version MSI for the uninstall. Can you explain more on that? I ask this because its not recommended and standard practice to create an MSI that removes and older version but doesn't install anything else, i.e. a newer version. – Bogdan Mitrache Mar 29 '12 at 20:45