Removing InstallShield installed files using wyUpdate

I am new to wyUpdate and I am very impressed by this tool. I am evaluating wyUpdate to see if we can use in our product. I have an InstallShield installer for the product. I installed the product on a system.Using wyBuild UI I have created 3 update versions namely 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.Version 1.1 - Adds few files and foldersVersion 1.2 - Adds/Changes few files and foldersVersion 1.3 - Removes few files and folders that was installed using InstallShield installer.

All the versions get updated correctly when I run wyUpdate.exe.

After Version 1.3 update, when I start the application, it pops up a Windows Installer dialog and installs the Version 1.3 deleted files again (in other words installs the original installer files back). Basically I cannot delete the installed files.

Could you please tell me if it is possible to delete the Installed files using wyUpdate or shall I try some other way?

Thanks and Regards,Santhosh.

The solution is to follow the step-by-step walkthrough and follow step 5b in particular. It tells you to disable advertised shortcuts. See: http://wyday.com/wybuild/help/walkthrough.php

Hello Wyatt,

Thank you for the tip. The issue got resolved after adding DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS=1 in the InstallShield installer as suggested in the step 5b. Even though I read it before, I didn't realize that this could be the reason for the problem.

Thanks again!!

Regards,Santhosh.

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