Showprop.vbs (and CADll.dll) will also be called because their conditions are based on “this is not an uninstall.” So all your custom actions might be called during a repair. I’ve spent a lot of time on this because it can cause awful problems. You might do a repair from the context menu of an MSI file and your custom actions will run again. Oct 28, 2012 Undoing WiX Custom Actions During Uninstall. However, I only want the new custom action to run during uninstall of the HTTP module.

Is there a good FAQ anywhere? It is so frustrating trying to figure out how to do things that zillions of others must be doing all the time.

3 Sisters Story. In my case, I just want to run a custom action at install time. I have the custom action running just fine at install time now, but it also gets run when I uninstall the application. How can I stop it from running during the uninstall? Thanks in advance! Brad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters.

_______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list. OK, I figured my particular case out. Xerox And Illumination Xi.

The condition you want to use is simply 'NOT Installed'. Example: NOT Installed In this example, the MyCustomAction action will be run during the installation sequence, but will not be run during the uinstall sequence. Brad -----Original Message----- From: Bradley Ward [mailto:] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:32 PM To: Wix-Users List () Subject: [WiX-users] How To Run Custom Action During Install But Not During Uninstall Is there a good FAQ anywhere? It is so frustrating trying to figure out how to do things that zillions of others must be doing all the time. In my case, I just want to run a custom action at install time.

I have the custom action running just fine at install time now, but it also gets run when I uninstall the application. How can I stop it from running during the uninstall? Thanks in advance! Brad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know!

Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list. A condition of Not Installed sounds right. [[However, if your custom action is associated with a component or a feature, sometimes a feature condition is more appropriate because the feature may be uninstalled and later reinstalled, or not chosen at install time etc. ]] Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Bradley Ward [mailto:] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 12:32 PM To: Wix-Users List () Subject: [WiX-users] How To Run Custom Action During Install But Not During Uninstall Is there a good FAQ anywhere?

It is so frustrating trying to figure out how to do things that zillions of others must be doing all the time. In my case, I just want to run a custom action at install time. I have the custom action running just fine at install time now, but it also gets run when I uninstall the application. How can I stop it from running during the uninstall? Thanks in advance!