I've looked around at several answers here on StackOverflow and I couldn't find exactly what I needed to resolve an issue I am currently facing
I'm using Wix 3.8 and Visual Studio 2008, and having created an XML deployment project the Bundle.wxs file looks like this.
Here's my Bundle.wxs file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension"
xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" >
<Bundle Name="SomeCompanyBundle"
Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="Some Company"
UpgradeCode="348d9d7c-6a37-44cd-8054-61b97777b5bd"
IconSourceFile="..\Some Company\logo_64.ico">
<BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" >
<bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication
LicenseFile="..\Some Company\license-agreement.rtf"
LogoFile="..\Some Company\logo_64.png" />
</BootstrapperApplicationRef>
<Chain>
<!-- TODO: Define the list of chained packages. -->
<ExePackage Id="EXE_UsbDriversInstallerExe"
DisplayName="Driver Installer Executable"
Compressed="yes"
Cache="yes"
PerMachine="yes"
Permanent="no"
Vital="yes"
SourceFile="..\Some Company\Drivers-Installer.exe"
InstallCommand="/SILENT=YES"
/>
<!-- More MsiPackages are used in real Bundle.wxs, but they aren't included in this question, because they are working on install and uninstall -->
</Chain>
</Bundle>
</Wix>
This creates a Bundle installation file, called SomeCompanyBundle.exe
I can install this bundle via the command prompt e.g. SomeCompanyBundle.exe /quiet /install i.e. no install GUI is shown.
The issue I have is on the Uninstall which is due to the limited command line options given by Drivers-Installer.exe (This is an old installer.exe file from a third party company that no exists)
The only options available are SILENT=(YES/NO) or LANG=(ENGLISH, SPANISH....).
This Drivers-Installer.exe doesn't allow an Uninstall action. It has an Uninstall.exe program bundled inside the Drivers-Installer.exe and this Uninstall.exe is only available upon successful installation of Drivers-Installer.exe
The Uninstall.exe, once installed, is always located in the full path c:\Program Files(x 86)\SomeThirdPartyCompany\Drivers-Installed\Uninstall.exe
So how do I run this Uninstall.exe, when I need to uninstall the SomeCompanyBundle.exe when I use command prompt to run SomeCompanyBundle.exe /quiet /uninstall
The solutions I have tried are:
1) UninstallCommand="SILENT=YES" ---- Did not work, due to the above.
2) CustomAction ----- Got confused about how to run the Uninstall.exe just on the Bundle uninstall action.
3) Played around with uil:DirectorySearch and util:RegistrySearch. Again I got confused about how to run the Uninstall.exe just on the Bundle uninstall action.
Any help with examples/explanation will be appreciated.
Cheers in advance.