File not being updated correctly

[christophedemey]

• Which version of WiX are you building with?

3.10.3.3007

• Which version of Visual Studio are you building with (if any)?

15.1 (26403.7)

• Which version of .NET are you building with?

4.5

• If the problem occurs when installing your packages built with WiX, what is the version of Windows the package is running on?

Windows 7 (6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1)

• Describe the problem and the steps to reproduce it.

My installer has a file 'amazingcomponent.DLL', this file has been in the installer for many versions.
This DLL was updated recently and supplied by a nuget package but has remained it's name, so i did not have to update any of my wxs files or installer files.
My application v26 contains this updated DLL.
When i update from a version prior to the DLL update : v25 to v26 this happens :

• removing components fase : OK
  The amazingcomponent.DLL is removed by the update.
• installing new components fase : NOK
  The amazingcomponent.DLL is not copied back in by the update.

When i repair the installation v26 the amazingcomponent.DLL appears.

I attached the MSI Installer log from the update process.
This is my component registration side of my wxs file :

<Component Id="DJA.Standard.Web.Middleware.dll" Guid="{5B8725FC-8100-44F7-8B35-6A06A92DA8D0}">
              <RemoveFile Id="Remove_DJA.Standard.Web.Middleware.dll" Name="DJA.Standard.Web.Middleware.dll" On="uninstall"/>
              <File Id="DJA.Standard.Web.Middleware.dll" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.Releasepath)DJA.Standard.Web.Middleware.dll" />
            </Component>

• Describe the behavior you expected and how it differed from the actual behavior.

I expected the old DLL to be removed (OK) and to be replaced with the DLL (NOK).

I have checked the installerlog myself but could not find any error messages, i do however see that the file is removed and not copied back in, but there does not seem to be a reason in the log for it.

Thanks

installerLog.txt

[barnson]

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[christophedemey]

Hi

I would like to answer this issue even though it's closed.
In the hope it helps somebody someday.

In my log i have :
MSI (c) (F0:DC) [09:51:29:216]: Disallowing installation of component: {5B8725FC-8100-44F7-8B35-6A06A92DA8D0} since the same component with higher versioned keyfile exists

The dll that was being the issue was going from version 1.0.4 to 1.0.2 and this caused this behaviour.

Solution : Making sure the dll was higher than 1.0.4.

Thanks to the wix mailing lists for helping me resolve this problem. (Nir Bar)