MP2 - V2.1 [MP2-554] Installer recognizes Spring '16 as newer (1 Viewer)

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breese

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    I have my installers in the same locations every time so as my Uninstaller will work (quick uninstall and remove all directories for Fresh Installs.

    I could no make other screenshots, but the control panel looks the same for Spring'16 and the "remove" button is the same though

    The problem comes in when you remove the Old Setup.exe and replace it with the new one, you cannot get past the message that you "Cannot upgrade from a Newer Version". I.E. 2.1.16 VERS 2.16
     

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    Investigations should be better spent on WIX version upgrade definitions
    While someone looks into that...
    How about expanding the installer help window to show all of the available options

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    The problem is the wrong version number of Spring 16, which lacks a "0". We can of course ask people to uninstall before launching the 2.1pre package. No objection.

    I don't see much value in spending time to programmatically address the problem. It's a one-time thing that will not occur in the future anymore. So better advise people to uninstall Spring 16, ensuring them that their data will be preserved.

    I have no clue why in one particular case, things didn't work as expected. The user has in the meantime resolved his problem.
     

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    The problem comes in when you remove the Old Setup.exe and replace it with the new one, you cannot get past the message that you "Cannot upgrade from a Newer Version". I.E. 2.1.16 VERS 2.16
    Never have heard this and I also could not reproduce:
    I have removed my old installer and was still able to uninstall MP2 from control panel/programs.

    Also keep in mind that our .exe is only a bootstrapper, which extracts the inner .msi into some temporary system folder before actually installing it. So I really doubt that uninstall success is dependend on original file at install location.
     

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    While the script seemed to work The version is still not changed correctly
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    No, i did not work. Note that the new version is now 2.16.4.7790 - the "0" in front of the 4 is gone. Which is really weird because the batch cannot have done this change. Anyway, we'll ask users to uninstall Spring '16 first before running the installer. I'll change the release news and add info to the Wiki.

    Thanks for your help. Dismissed... :) Now go and check the ISO thing :D
     

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    I have removed my old installer and was still able to uninstall MP2 from control panel/programs.
    Then it might be recommended that users Uninstall from the Programs and Features Control Panel in the Release notes.
    If they deleted the Orig Installer when downloading the new, this would be the only way to remove the old....

    (just verified the Control panel way does work).
    Reinstalling MP2.1 now

    EDIT:
    Uninstalling from the control panel leaves the Client Launcher and the Server Monitor running....
     

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    EDIT:
    Uninstalling from the control panel leaves the Client Launcher and the Server Monitor running....
    Yes, unfortunately. Clean shutdown is only possible starting with 2.1 build :(
     
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