This problem is very strange and I donno. where can dig into.
I'm creating a windows setup project and with no custom installations. I have just used the options and properties given by the project.
Here my problem is, whenever I try to install my application it should not ask for the earlier version existance and should remove the previous version behind the scenes.
For achieving the above funtionality I've utilized the properties of the Setup project - "ProductCode" and "RemovePreviousVersions".
Everything works fine except, on each installation after the "ProductCode" change results in another entry in Add/Remove programms.
Please give me some pointers how to resolve this ??
1. Make sure you're not using versions less than 1.0. If the older version
is less than 1.0 it won't be detected.
2. A per-user install won't upgrade a per-machine (and the other way around
either). So if you did an Everyone install, a Just me install won't upgrade
it. Apart from this rule, there's a bug in this area in VS.NET because it
defaults to per-user (fixed in VS 2003) that can drop you into this scenario
and it won't upgrade.
3. Check these:
http://www.simple-talk.com/2005/07/18/updates-to-setup-projects/
http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msifaq/a/1038.htm
keeping in mind that this RemovePreviousVersions is a Windows Installer
major upgrade.

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Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
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> This problem is very strange and I donno. where can dig into.
> I'm creating a windows setup project and with no custom installations. I
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