Software Deployment

Sceanrio

I have an application that creates a file on the fly at the end of its install
User who installed it is okay and athe file is created

Next user logs on
we have no Advertised shortcuts and use msiexec /fup{prodcut code} to repair the app for the next user who logs on via a vbscript initiate via the icon

I created a component that copies a default version of this file to the user Appdata area and want it to run on REPAIR/REinstall only for any subsequent users

the component install fails and is listed as below in the log file and does not get reinstalled

MSI (s) (84:F0): Component: MYCOMPONENT; Installed: Local; Request: Local; Action: Null

If i run the the command msiexe /fup from the commandline it works fine - (odd as vbscript contains same syntax)

MSI (s) (E8:24): Component: MYCOMPONENT; Installed: Local; Request: Local; Action: Local

in both cases its parent featue is listed as

MSI (s) (E8:24): Feature: PARENT_FEATURE; Installed: Local; Request: Reinstall; Action: Reinstall

how do I condition the component so that the Action becomes Action:local

I have trasitive bit set, neveroverwrite and permanent

Any help appreciated

Asked 19 years ago 2470 views