I have msi setup written in Wix 3. Nothing too fancy, couple executables + some registry manipulations.
We have 2 executables, the main application and watch dog application that is always running(it’s started once user logs in).
I’ve released new version of our software, in wix we specify to upgrade without uninstalling first. When new version msi is ran, it upgrades main application but watchdog application is not upgraded(even if it’s not running, so it’s not “in-use” problem)
I pasted below my wxs file, hopefully you can help me spot the problem.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Jack
This is the wxs file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<?include Properties.wxi?>
<Product Id="$(var.ProductCode)" Name="$(var.Title)" Language="1033" Version="$(var.ProductVersion)" Manufacturer="$(var.Manufacturer)" UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeCode)">
<Package Description="$(var.ProductName)" Comments="$(var.ProductName)" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />
<Property Id="PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED" Secure="yes" />
<Upgrade Id="$(var.UpgradeCode)">
<UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='NEWERFOUND' Minimum='$(var.ProductVersion)' IncludeMinimum='no' />
<UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="no" Property="PREVIOUSFOUND" Minimum="0.0.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" Maximum="$(var.ProductVersion)" IncludeMaximum="no" />
</Upgrade>
<Media Id="1" Cabinet="product.cab" EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high"/>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
<Directory Id="ApplicationRootFolder" Name="$(var.ProductName)">
<Component Id="MyAppComponent" Guid="6657828D-0D3F-43A6-A2CB-375BFBB8A412">
<RemoveFolder Id="ApplicationRootFolder" On="uninstall" />
<File Id="MyAppMain" Name="MyApp.exe" Source="..\Release\MyApp.exe"/>
<File Id="FirstRunApp" Name="FirstRunApp.exe" Source="..\Release\FirstRunApp.exe"/>
<File Id="MyAppWatchDog" Name="MyAppWatchDog.exe" Source="..\Release\MyAppWatchDog.exe"/>
<!--File Id="CheckSniffer" Name="CheckSniffer.exe" Source="..\Release\CheckSniffer.exe"/-->
<File Id="License" Name="License.rtf" Source="License.rtf"/>
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" >
<Component Id="DesktopShortcuts" Guid="5567ED7E-03F8-4AB8-AFB5-F8074F4ED1B5">
<RegistryValue Id="RegShortcutDesktop" Root="HKCU" Key="Software\$(var.ProductName)" Name="DesktopSC" Value="1" Type="integer" KeyPath="yes" />
<Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" Name="$(var.ProductName)" Directory="DesktopFolder" Description="$(var.ProductName)" Target="[ApplicationRootFolder]$(var.Name).exe" Icon="Icon.exe" WorkingDirectory="ApplicationRootFolder" />
</Component>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
<Directory Id="ProjectMenuFolder" Name="$(var.ProductName)">
<Component Id="StartMenuShortcuts" Guid="5567ED7E-03F8-4AB8-AFB5-F8074F4ED1B4">
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\$(var.ProductName)" Type="string" Value="[ApplicationRootFolder]" Name="InstallPath"/>
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" Type="string" Value="[#MyAppWatchDog]" Name="MyAppWatchdog"/>
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\$(var.ProductName)" Type="string" Value="" />
<Shortcut Id="ProgramMenuShortcut" Name="$(var.ProductName)" Description="$(var.ProductName)" Target="[ApplicationRootFolder]$(var.Name).exe" Icon="Icon.exe" WorkingDirectory="ApplicationRootFolder" />
<Shortcut Id="UninstallProduct" Name="Uninstall" Description="Uninstalls the $(var.ProductName)" Target="[System64Folder]msiexec.exe" Arguments="/x {$(var.ProductCode)}" />
<RemoveFolder Id="ProgramMenuDir" On="uninstall" />
<RemoveRegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="Software\$(var.ProductName)" Action="removeOnUninstall"/>
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Feature Id="DefaultFeature" Title="$(var.Name)" Level="1">
<ComponentRef Id="MyAppComponent" />
<ComponentRef Id="StartMenuShortcuts" />
<ComponentRef Id="DesktopShortcuts" />
</Feature>
<Property Id="SEARCHWINPCAP">
<RegistrySearch Id="RegistrySearch" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinPcapInst" Name="VersionMajor" Type="raw"/>
</Property>
<Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="ApplicationRootFolder"/>
<Property Id="PRODUCTNAME" Value="$(var.ProductName)"/>
<!--Property Id="SNIFFER_CHECK_RESULT" Value="0"/-->
<WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value="logo.JPG" />
<WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="License.rtf" />
<Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT" Value="Launch $(var.Title)" />
<Property Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX" Value="1" />
<Property Id="WixShellExecTarget" Value="[#MyAppMain]" />
<CustomAction Id="LaunchApplication" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" Impersonate="yes" />
<CustomAction Id="SetLaunchWatchDogTarget" Property="WixShellExecTarget" Value="[#MyAppWatchDog]" />
<CustomAction Id="LaunchWatchDog" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixShellExec" Impersonate="yes" />
<Binary Id="BinBrowseForFile" SourceFile="tools\WinPcap_4_1_2.exe"/>
<CustomAction Id='LaunchWinPcapSetup' BinaryKey="BinBrowseForFile" ExeCommand="/Install" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="no" Return="check"/>
<CustomAction Id='NoDowngrade' Error='A later version of [ProductName] is already installed.'/>
<Property Id="CUSTOM_TITLE" Value="$(var.Title) Setup" />
<CustomAction Id='SetRepearTitle' Property='CUSTOM_TITLE' Value='Repair $(var.Title)'/>
<CustomAction Id='SetRemoveTitle' Property='CUSTOM_TITLE' Value='Remove $(var.Title)'/>
<!--debug-->
<Binary Id="BinCustomAction" SourceFile="bin\release\CustomActions.CA.dll"/>
<!--Binary Id="BinCheckSniffer" SourceFile="..\Release\CheckSniffer.exe"/-->
<Property Id="USER_GUID_PATH" Value="Software\Licenses"/>
<Property Id="USER_GUID" />
<Property Id="DUBUG_URL" Value="http://debug.myapp.com/service/"/>
<Property Id="DUBUG_STATE" Value="STARTED" />
<CustomAction Id='SendRequest' BinaryKey="BinCustomAction" DllEntry="SendRequest" Execute="immediate" Return="check" />
<CustomAction Id='SendRequest_WinPcap_Start' BinaryKey="BinCustomAction" DllEntry="SendRequest" Execute="immediate" Return="check" />
<CustomAction Id='SendRequest_WinPcap_Finish' BinaryKey="BinCustomAction" DllEntry="SendRequest" Execute="immediate" Return="check" />
<CustomAction Id='LicenseAgreement_Next' Property='DUBUG_STATE' Value='LICENSE_AGREED' />
<CustomAction Id='InstallDirDlg_Install' Property='DUBUG_STATE' Value='INSTALL' />
<CustomAction Id='Exit_Finish' Property='DUBUG_STATE' Value='FINISH' />
<CustomAction Id='WinPcap_Start' Property='DUBUG_STATE' Value='WINPCAP_STARTED' />
<CustomAction Id='WinPcap_Finish' Property='DUBUG_STATE' Value='WINPCAP_FINISHED' />
<CustomAction Id='Traffic_Failed' Property='DUBUG_STATE' Value='TRAFFIC_FAILED' />
<CustomAction Id='Traffic_Uninstalled' Property='DUBUG_STATE' Value='UNINSTALLED' />
<CustomAction Id='Shell_icacls' Directory='ApplicationRootFolder' ExeCommand='icacls FirstRunApp.exe /setintegritylevel Low' Return="ignore" Execute="commit" Impersonate="no"/>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action='NoDowngrade' After='FindRelatedProducts'>NEWERFOUND</Custom>
<Custom Action="WinPcap_Start" Before="SendRequest_WinPcap_Start" ><![CDATA[SEARCHWINPCAP < "4" AND NOT Installed]]></Custom>
<Custom Action="SendRequest_WinPcap_Start" Before="LaunchWinPcapSetup"><![CDATA[SEARCHWINPCAP < "4" AND NOT Installed]]></Custom>
<Custom Action="LaunchWinPcapSetup" Before="InstallFiles"><![CDATA[SEARCHWINPCAP < "4" AND NOT Installed]]></Custom>
<!-- disable currently Custom Action="CheckSniffer" Before="Shell_icacls">NOT Installed</Custom-->
<Custom Action="Shell_icacls" Before="InstallFinalize"><![CDATA[VersionNT >= 600 AND NOT Installed]]></Custom>
<!--Custom Action="Shell_RunWatchDog" After="InstallFinalize"><![CDATA[NOT Installed]]></Custom-->
<RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallFinalize"></RemoveExistingProducts>
<Custom Action="Traffic_Uninstalled" Before='SendRequest'>Installed AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE</Custom>
<Custom Action="SendRequest" After='InstallFinalize'>Installed AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
<UI />
<UIRef Id="WixUI_Wizard" />
<PropertyRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK35" />
<Condition Message="This application requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.">Installed OR NETFRAMEWORK35</Condition>
<Icon Id="Icon.exe" SourceFile="..\MyApp\Resources\icon_main.ico" />
</Product>
</Wix>
Thanks to everyone trying to help.
@Cosmin Pirvu was the one with correct answer. We didn’t update the version of watchdog application and thus it was not being installed.
Thank you