[28186] in Kerberos
Re: .msi packages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Dorfman)
Fri Aug 3 13:39:14 2007
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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:47:14 -0400
From: Jason Dorfman <jdorfman@csail.MIT.EDU>
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To: Asanka Herath <asanka@secure-endpoints.com>
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Asanka Herath wrote:
>> My question is, does anyone know where to edit
>> the .msi so the custom files will always overwrite the existing files?
>>
>
> I assume you were following the instructions in the "MSI Deployment Guide".
>
> If you want your custom configuration files to overwrite the files on
> the user's machine, you should change the 'Attributes' field of your
> custom components to exclude the
> msidbComponentAttributesNeverOverwrite flag. In other words, set the
> 'Attributes' field of your custom components to 16, instead of 144.
>
> One caveat. This will not overwrite if the configuration files on the
> user's machine have been modified. Windows Installer considers a file
> to be modified if the date the file was last modified is more recent
> than the date it was created.
>
> - Asanka Herath
> Secure Endpoints Inc.
>
Thank you, Asanka.
That is exactly the information I was looking for. Although I will most
likely not deploy our package that way, It is good to know there is that
option.
Best,
Jason
TIG / MIT
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