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rbrinda
I would like to know what MSI engine does during installation of a minor
update when we force it to install with REINSTALLMODE=amus and
REINSTALL=ALL? The status message in the progress dialog says its "copying
files..." before even applying the patch files, so i want to know how this
process works when we change the REINSTALLMODE from command line? Does the
msi engine first reinstall everything from the original source media and
then apply the patch?
Also, i opened the msi file in Orca, clicked on "View Patch", selected the
..msp file and in the File table, i find most of the SequenceNumber being
changed even for the files that are not getting patched? Why would the .msp
file change the sequence number of files that its not patching?
Can someone please explain this?
Thanks in advance.
-rbrinda.
update when we force it to install with REINSTALLMODE=amus and
REINSTALL=ALL? The status message in the progress dialog says its "copying
files..." before even applying the patch files, so i want to know how this
process works when we change the REINSTALLMODE from command line? Does the
msi engine first reinstall everything from the original source media and
then apply the patch?
Also, i opened the msi file in Orca, clicked on "View Patch", selected the
..msp file and in the File table, i find most of the SequenceNumber being
changed even for the files that are not getting patched? Why would the .msp
file change the sequence number of files that its not patching?
Can someone please explain this?
Thanks in advance.
-rbrinda.