Installer remove the Manifest and policy files in WinSxS folder

[immi]

Hi,

I copy some manifest and policy files in WinSxS folder without using
any installer. My application (say MyApp) is running fine using these
files.

I have observed that another application(say 2nd App) is installed
through its installer through which same manifest and policy files are
distributed.

Both applications are successfully running using the same manifest and
policy files.

After some time if 2nd App is uninstalled then these manifest and
policy files will be removed through uninstall program.

As a result MyApp cannot run properly because it was using those
manifest and policy files which have been removed through uninstaller.

Thanx

 

[Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]]

Hi immi!

After some time if 2nd App is uninstalled then these manifest and
policy files will be removed through uninstall program.

As a result MyApp cannot run properly because it was using those
manifest and policy files which have been removed through uninstaller.

Why do you wonder?

--
Greetings
Jochen

My blog about Win32 and .NET
http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/

 

[Phil Wilson]

If you don't install with a method that ref counts these (like the MSI-based
installers or the redist) then yes, the ref counting won't work.

 

[immi]

Why do you wonder?

Thanx for replying,

The manifest and policy files which have been removed thru installer
of 2nd App are in use of MyApp. So MyApp coudn't run in absense of
these manifest and policy files. I want that MyApp continously running
even after uninstall the 2nd App.
Is there any possibility so that i can restrict those manifest and
policy files not to remove with the uninstaller package?

Regards
Immi

 

[David Wilkinson]

Hi,

I copy some manifest and policy files in WinSxS folder without using
any installer. My application (say MyApp) is running fine using these
files.

Please don't multi-post.

 

[immi]

Please don't multi-post.

David,

Infact when i posted the message, instead of getting acknowlegdment i
recieved "The page cannot be displayed" from internet explorer. Thats
why I resend the post.

Sorry for inconvenience
Immi

 

[David Wilkinson]

Infact when i posted the message, instead of getting acknowlegdment i
recieved "The page cannot be displayed" from internet explorer. Thats
why I resend the post.

Then re-post to the same group, not a different one.

But why are you using IE to post to the newsgroups? Much better to use a
newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Forte Agent...).