"Jeff Rhoads" <jeffrey.rhoads@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone. I created an msi file using VS.NET 2003. I set the
> RemovePreviousVerions = true and it worked great... any later versions
> would in fact remove prior ones. I wanted to modify my msi install to
> just show the progress bar and the completed dialog. So in VS I went
> into the User Interface editor and deleted the 3 "Start" dialogs
> (Welcome, Installation Folder, Confirm Installation) Then I edited the
> msi file in Orca and set FolderForm_AllUsers to "ALL" instead of "ME"
> so the install would go to "Everyone", instead of "Just Me"
>
> When I install this msi the UI is great (there is no Welcome,
> Installation Folder or Confirm Installation dialogs) and it goes right
> to the Progress dialog, but now it will not remove prior versions. My
> guess is that this step (Removing prior versions) is done in one of
> these 3 dialogs that were deleted. Does anyone know of a way to remove
> these first 3 dialogs and still have the msi detect and remove prior
> versions? I dont want a silent install because I want the user to see
> that the install is taking place and know when it is completed.
> Note: I made sure my Upgrade Code and Product Code were valid.
>
> Here is what I tried (none of which work):
> Deleting the 3 dialogs in VS.NET's User Interface editor
> Deleting the 6 dialog rows in Orca under the Dialog table
> Changing the sequence of the RemoveExistingProducts to be the very
> last item in Orca in the InstallExecuteSequence