Windows Installer is providing a set of properties based on which we can deduce what scenario is running (install, uninstall, repair, etc).

But it is not very intuitively what properties should be checked for each scenario. We propose a set of custom properties to create in our installers that can helps us in this direction.

This tutorial demonstrates how to identify the different types of installation scenarios (install, uninstall, repair, etc.)

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• I provided the complete Visual Studio solution that solves the described problem. Use it if you need to test it by yourself, in your environment or if you have further ideas that you want to verify.

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