Closing an application using WiX

Question

In creating my WiX installer I have run into an issue when trying to close an application before installing the upgrade. Below is an example of how I am attempting to do this.

<util:CloseApplication Id="CloseServe" CloseMessage="yes" Target="server.exe" ElevatedCloseMessage="yes" RebootPrompt="no"/>
<InstallExecuteSequence>      
  <Custom Action="WixCloseApplications" After="RemoveExistingProducts" />
  <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/>
  <Custom Action='LaunchApplication' After='InstallFinalize'/>
  <!--<Custom Action='StopServer' Before='RemoveExistingProducts'/>-->
</InstallExecuteSequence>

Using this example the application does end up closing but the installation gets stalled at that point and then performs a rollback. Could this be due to the fact that the exe is removed prior to trying to close it? I have tried changing the sequence around so that RemoveExistingProducts is performed after the WixCloseApplications but it then gives me an error code 2613.

Answer 1

You could try logging the installation and see what you can track down from there. Try running the installer from the command console like so:

msiexec.exe /i [msi filename] /log [filepath\logfilename.log]