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I am performing major upgrade and uninstalling existing product before installing new version. But I want to retain the existing config file.
As the earlier version didnt had Permanent="yes" , it removes the config file on uninstallation.
And How can I do something like this make a copy of 'app.config' as 'app.config.bak' before uninstalltion. After uninstalltion revert it back from 'app.config.bak' to 'app.config'.
<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
<Component Id="BackupConfigComponent" Guid="87368AF7-4BA2-4302-891A-B163ADDB7E9C">
<CopyFile Id="BackupConfigFile" SourceDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" SourceName="app.config" DestinationDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" DestinationName="app.config.bak" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
<Component Id="RestoreConfigComponent" Guid="87368AF7-4BA2-4302-891A-B163ADDB7E9C">
<CopyFile Id="RestoreConfigFile" SourceDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" SourceName="app.config.bak" DestinationDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" DestinationName="app.config" />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="BackupConfigFile" After="InstallInitialize" />
<RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize" />
<Custom Action="RestoreConfigFile" After="InstallInitialize" />
</InstallExecuteSequence>
Thanks