Bug 13891 – Don't require uninstalling SC before updating on WHS

Bug 13891 - Don't require uninstalling SC before updating on WHS

Summary:

Don't require uninstalling SC before updating on WHS

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Product:	Logitech Media Server
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Windows Installer
Version:	7.4.0
Platform:	PC Windows Home Server

Importance:	P4 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone:	Future
Assigned To:	Michael Herger

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Reported:	2009-09-07 00:12 UTC by Michael Herger
Modified:	2012-03-09 06:55 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Category:	Feature

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Description Michael Herger 2009-09-07 00:12:00 UTC

Currently WHS requires users to uninstall SC before updating to a new build. This is due to MSI's restriction to update an application from a file with a different name the the previous' installer. 

The solution to this might be renaming installers as we're moving them to the WHS' software folder during the update download. In this case the user shouldn't need to touch that file one single time. File names aren't important. Let's always rename them to the major version, eg. SqueezeboxServer-7.4.msi (without the build number).

This is for Windows Home Server only. Users downloading manually would still need to go through the uninstall/install cycle.

Comment 1 Michael Herger 2009-10-12 07:57:36 UTC

I'm sorry, applying new targeting guidelines

Comment 2 Michael Herger 2010-04-28 03:36:53 UTC

The upcoming WHS 2 ("Vail") will feature an all new add-on api and installer format. Let's see how this will handle our situation. As we'll have to rewrite the add-in I won't fix this for WHS1.

Comment 3 jg 2011-08-22 14:56:42 UTC

All WHS v1 add-ins I have behave like that.

Comment 4 Michael Herger 2012-03-09 06:55:03 UTC

WHS 1.1 is EOL.