How does \"repair\" work?

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TMacy
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How does \"repair\" work?

Post by TMacy »

I created an installation and ran it on a clean machine. Then I manually deleted some of the installed files, and ran the install again. I got the option repair/modify/remove. I repaired. It did not replace the files that I had manually removed. So, what does repair do? And how can I make it do what I wanted?
Tiago
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Post by Tiago »

I think repair should run the same installation procedure once again, using the same parameters originally provided by the user, repairing deleted files, registry keys, etc.
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Post by neillans »

What sort of project build did you do?
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Post by Tiago »

Hi Neillans,

In my case, it's an Uncompressed build. Does this have something to do with the behaviour of the repair option?

By the way, there's a related topic in which my last post has not been answered yet: http://www.installaware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3101
Any help would be very appreciated!

Thanks in advance.
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Post by neillans »

Hmmm - should work fine. Can you open a support ticket and submit your project so I can investigate this?
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Post by Tiago »

Hi Neillans!

KYJ-679047 already open!

Thank you!
Last edited by Tiago on Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Tiago »

So... any clues?

I have debugged my application and as far as I can see, everything is in accordance to the whitepaper provided in your website (http://www.installaware.com/msicode_scr ... nology.pdf).
I can't understand why my installer is still missing this feature.

Can anybody help me? :(
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