Question on Patching Mechanism - Patching checks all files copied during installation

[Sudhakaran, Suraj]

My installer copies certain number of files during installation.

During the application usage some files may get deleted.

 

When I am patching this installation, patching is failing because it is
unable to find these original files that got deleted.

Is there any way I can make the patching process ignore the missing
files in an installation and proceed with patching?

 

Thanks,

Suraj

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[Bob Arnson-6]

Sudhakaran, Suraj wrote:
> During the application usage some files may get deleted.
>  

That's very atypical.

> Is there any way I can make the patching process ignore the missing
> files in an installation and proceed with patching?
>  

How are you building patches?

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[Rob Mensching-6]

I wouldn't install files that are going to be deleted.

Sudhakaran, Suraj wrote:

> My installer copies certain number of files during installation.
>
> During the application usage some files may get deleted.
>
>
>
> When I am patching this installation, patching is failing because it is
> unable to find these original files that got deleted.
>
> Is there any way I can make the patching process ignore the missing
> files in an installation and proceed with patching?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Suraj
>
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[Tony Juricic]

One thing that you may try is the following:

1) put all the files that may get deleted inside their own component
2) Do not set any Guid for that component

Windows Installer will ignore these files when it comes to patching so you will never be able to upgrade/downgrade them via patching mechanism, but they will get installed.

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[Rob Mensching-6]

They will also never get uninstalled.

Tony Juricic wrote:

> One thing that you may try is the following:
>
> 1) put all the files that may get deleted inside their own component
> 2) Do not set any Guid for that component
>
> Windows Installer will ignore these files when it comes to patching so you will never be able to upgrade/downgrade them via patching mechanism, but they will get installed.
>
> TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and NFA), TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a trading software and subscription company, and TradeStation Europe Limited, a United Kingdom, FSA-authorized introducing brokerage firm. None of these companies provides trading or investment advice, recommendations or endorsements of any kind. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.
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