Installation of PerUser an PerMachine add-ins...

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Installation of PerUser an PerMachine add-ins...
 
Heinz-Josef Bomanns




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Joined: 2008-02-28
Hi,

we are using WiX to build our own setups. For all add-ins 'shadowCopyEnabled="true"' is set. The suggested custom actions (RegisterApp etc.) are used to invoke 'adxregistrator.exe' with appropriate parameters. PerUser add-ins are installed to 'Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Program Files\CompanyName\AddInName' so no admin rights are needed. PerMachine add-ins are installed to 'Program Files (x86)\CompanyName\AddInName' thus admin rights are required.

All works fine except in one situation: When on one and the same machine first a PerUser add-in was installed and uninstalled and after that a PerMachine add-in is installed, adxregistrator.exe uses the old path to 'Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Program Files\CompanyName\AddInName' to address the 'adxloader.dll'. Any idea what might cause the problem? Thanks for any Hints...
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Greetings, HJB
Posted 14 Sep, 2016 22:40:29 Top
Andrei Smolin


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Joined: 2006-05-11
Hello HJB,

It looks like the add-in wasn't uninstalled. Could you please check the registry?

Heinz-Josef Bomanns writes:
PerUser add-ins are installed to 'Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\


We suggest installing per-user add-ins to Users\Username\AppData\Local. COM add-ins don't roam.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 16 Sep, 2016 03:39:56 Top