[TSVN] Re: Installer weirdness

Nick Gilbert <nick@x-rm.com> writes:

> Peter Mounce wrote:
>> Nick Gilbert wrote:
>>
[...]
>> I'd speculate that it needs to install the shell extension dll over the
>> top of the old one. Since explorer uses the old one, it has to shut
>> explorer. Since explorer is the parent for all these other processes,
>> it needs to shut those, too.
>
> I'm pretty sure MSI files have an "offline" way of installing files,
> such that they get copied over on the next reboot.
>
> This way you could just install TSVN without quitting anything, and then
> the changes would take effect on the next reboot. This means I could
> upgrade TSVN when I think about it, but not have to close down all my
> work at the same time.
>
>> I don't know that it's possible to schedule the replacement to happen
>> over the course of a reboot, sorry.
>
> It must be - because if you're replacing explorer extensions then these
> files will always be in use.
>

The API is "MoveFileEx". Have a look at:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PendMoves.html

Unfortunately, this does not seem to appear in the WiX docs...

Jens

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