Deleteing a file after install causes a re-install

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Alpinista - 25 Oct 2004 23:43 GMT

I have a fairly simple Installation project that creates an MSI installer for
my application. Included in this is a configuration file that gets deleted
the first time the application is run after installation. The second time
the app is run it triggers the installer to re-install this deleted file. Is
there any way to tell the installer not to reinstall if the file is missing?

Thanks,
Craig

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Christoph Wienands - 26 Oct 2004 22:18 GMT

> I have a fairly simple Installation project that creates an MSI installer for
> my application. Included in this is a configuration file that gets deleted
> the first time the application is run after installation. The second time
> the app is run it triggers the installer to re-install this deleted file. Is
> there any way to tell the installer not to reinstall if the file is missing?

Check if you have the Vital property set to false for the file (default is
true). Maybe that causes the reinstallation.

CU Christoph

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