DIFxApp problem
I have created an installer for a product at work, the product includes a driver which is installed using DIFxApp. There are no problems with that, But I am now creating a patch, which replaces 2 files, and everytime I install the patch, the driver gets uninstalled, and then reinstalled, meaning that all users must reboot their machines. How can I get around the driver uninstalling and then reinstalling (this should not happen, since the driver is not being changed at all)
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Posted by:
ditch_nz
14 years ago
perhaps the files you are replacing are the keypaths for a component in the package?
Posted by:
kristjan84
14 years ago
Thanks for your reply ditch_nz, I checked this, and this is not the case, the files that are getting replaced are 2 dll´s, which have nothing to do with the driver, also, our service shuts down before the dll´s are replaced, and then the service starts up again, which is what I want, but i dont understand why the driver gets re-installed.
If it makes any difference, the driver is in a merge module
If it makes any difference, the driver is in a merge module
Posted by:
kristjan84
14 years ago
I installed the msp, and was browsing through the log, and i found the following:
MSI (s) (1C:AC) [08:54:52:800]: Feature: Driver; Installed: Local; Request: Reinstall; Action: Reinstall
Which obviously suggests that the driver is being reinstalled for some reason, is there any way to change this so the feature does not get reinstalled? since the driver is not being changed at all?
MSI (s) (1C:AC) [08:54:52:800]: Feature: Driver; Installed: Local; Request: Reinstall; Action: Reinstall
Which obviously suggests that the driver is being reinstalled for some reason, is there any way to change this so the feature does not get reinstalled? since the driver is not being changed at all?
Posted by:
AngelD
14 years ago
How about adding a condition to the component holding the driver to only install during installation (NOT Installed)?
Posted by:
kristjan84
14 years ago
Thats what i´ve been doing, i tried setting the condition to 'NOT Installed', and I also tried 'NOT PATCH', but for some reason the feature always gets installed. Any ideas?
Posted by:
mekaywe
14 years ago
check if the feature in which driver is there has any condition in Condition Table.
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