如何强制Visual Studio MSI包覆盖更新的文件？

Question

this is my first post here.

I'm with a big problem here. I have a 1.0.0 application that installs an Access Database into the user's machine. I have also a 1.0.1 version that needs to be released, and it has an new database file that i want to be installed overwriting the old file . Unfortunately, if the user does any update to the old file, the 1.0.1 version does not overwrite it anymore, and i did not find in any place how to force this file to be deleted or overwrited after being updated.

Can you guys help me with this? Thanks and best regards

Answer 1

Oy vey, such a headache I had with this one.

Basically, you can try something like:

msiexec.exe /i yourmsi.msi REINSTALLMODE=omus

here's some helpful information .

Honestly, we ended up using InstallShield, it was simpler and worth the money. Good luck!

Answer 2

Since you mentioned Orca is your reply to matt's answer , you can make the access database a Companion File by editing the Version column in the File table :

The installation state of a companion file depends not on its own file versioning information, but on the versioning of its companion parent. See the File Versioning Rules . To specify a companion file, the primary key of the companion parent in the File table must be authored into the Version column of the record for the companion.