CODEWITHSUNDEEP
wix
Dizzy
Dizzy

Reputation: 902

WIX. How to perform Major Upgrade with same version and different product code?

Basically I need to change this behavior:

Installing a product with the same version and upgrade code (but different product code) is allowed and treated by MSI as two products.

I need this to be threated as Major Upgrade. So installing v 1.0.1 over v 1.0.1 (old build, different ProductCode) will uninstall old one. This is because I'm not interested in changing versions unless we're going for public release.

I have:

<Product Id="*" UpgradeCode="2067109E-DCDA-4639-B4FC-B95E0A239E1A" Version="1.0.1"...
....
<MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes" ...

What I have now is two entries under Add/Remove Programs, which is not what I want.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5084

Answers (1)

oɔɯǝɹ
oɔɯǝɹ

Reputation: 7625

Just add a fourth version number (Major.Minor.Patch.Build) and increment the build number for each new build.

Using the same UpgradeCode but a different ProductCode, will allow any installer with the same (Major.Minor.Patch) to be installed as an upgrade, but at least you will know what build version is installed.

Make sure to use 

<MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes"

Note that this will not prevent earlier builds to be installed when a later build is present.

Upvotes: 2

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