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Configuring Major Upgrade Settings

InstallShield 2015

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When you add a major upgrade item in the Upgrades view, a general setting that you can modify is the scheduling of the RemoveExistingProducts action. You can modify this setting in the Upgrades view by selecting Upgrade Windows Installer Setup and clicking the Common tab.

The configurable settings for your major upgrade item are presented in a more user-friendly format on the Common and Advanced tabs than in the Upgrade table in the Direct Editor.

On the Common tab for a major upgrade item, you specify the Upgrade Code value of the products that you want to update as well as the versions of products that you want to update. On the Advanced tab, InstallShield by default includes an ISSetAllUsers custom action; this action sets ALLUSERS correctly during a major upgrade. (In addition, ISSetAllUsers sets the custom property IS_MAJOR_UPGRADE if a major upgrade is taking place.) To specify whether to include the ISSetAllUsers action, use the General tab of the Options dialog box. You can access this dialog box by selecting Options from the Tools menu. On that tab, you can clear or select the Automatically create ISSetAllUsers action check box.

See Also

Major Upgrade Item: Common Tab

Major Upgrade Item: Advanced Tab

Preventing the Current Installation from Overwriting a Future Major Version of the Same Product

Upgrades View