Comments on: VirtualBox 1.6.0 setup another example of the second law of thermodynamics http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/ Bob Arnson on setup and servicing with WiX and MSI Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:35:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Arnson http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-7005 Bob Arnson Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:50:19 +0000 http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/#comment-7005 Tony, I'd use an immediate custom action to add rows to the RemoveFile table and let MSI handle deletion and rollback. Tony,

I’d use an immediate custom action to add rows to the RemoveFile table and let MSI handle deletion and rollback.

]]> By: Tony http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-7002 Tony Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:47:57 +0000 http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/#comment-7002 If you had to satisfy the requirement to prompt/allow users to have all the folders and files created by the install deleted during the uninstall, how would you do it? I guess you would have a dialog with an appropriate checkbox in UI sequence, setting the property which conditions deferred CA in execute sequence?! Without Wizard UI, users would never get all of their files and folders deleted which seems right. For silent batch-based uninstalls a property set on msiexec command line could do the job. If you had to satisfy the requirement to prompt/allow users to have all the folders and files created by the install deleted during the uninstall, how would you do it?

I guess you would have a dialog with an appropriate checkbox in UI sequence, setting the property which conditions deferred CA in execute sequence?!

Without Wizard UI, users would never get all of their files and folders deleted which seems right. For silent batch-based uninstalls a property set on msiexec command line could do the job.

]]> By: Joy of Setup :: VirtualBox 1.6.2 drops VBScript http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-6365 Joy of Setup :: VirtualBox 1.6.2 drops VBScript Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:40:16 +0000 http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/#comment-6365 [...] As I mentioned previously, one of my favorite examples of a tight, clean Windows Installer package for a real product–VirtualBox–succumbed to a dreaded VBScript custom action when they released v1.6.0. Predictably, it caused errors (during uninstallation, because this custom action ran during uninstall only). [...] [...] As I mentioned previously, one of my favorite examples of a tight, clean Windows Installer package for a real product–VirtualBox–succumbed to a dreaded VBScript custom action when they released v1.6.0. Predictably, it caused errors (during uninstallation, because this custom action ran during uninstall only). [...]

]]> By: Bob Arnson http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-2455 Bob Arnson Tue, 06 May 2008 17:54:30 +0000 http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/#comment-2455 It does kind of sound like a committee decision. :) Of course, that's why I gave this post the title I did: Just because you start with a clean slate doesn't mean it stays that way without effort. It does kind of sound like a committee decision. :) Of course, that’s why I gave this post the title I did: Just because you start with a clean slate doesn’t mean it stays that way without effort.

]]> By: LukeB http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-2453 LukeB Tue, 06 May 2008 17:40:59 +0000 http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/05/virtualbox-160-setup-another-example-of-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/#comment-2453 In their defense, they probably had a customer say "But your product installs SO MUCH DATA and then doesn't clean it up on uninstall!!!" In their defense, they probably had a customer say “But your product installs SO MUCH DATA and then doesn’t clean it up on uninstall!!!”

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