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detect presence of vcredist - using the UpgradeCode


in a wix burn bootstrapper bundle: how to detect whether ms vcredist 2013 x86 is present or not?
i'm doing a check for the Upgrade Id / UpgradeCode of that particular package, but the bundle always installs it afresh, even though it is installed already.

...
<Bundle>
    ...
    <Chain>
        <!-- redist packages -->
        <PackageGroupRef Id="redist"/>
        ...
    </Chain>
</Bundle>

<Fragment>
    <PackageGroup Id="redist">
        <PackageGroupRef Id="redist_vc120" />
        ...
    </PackageGroup>
</Fragment>

<Fragment>
    <!-- vcredist 2013 x86 -->
    <?define vcredist2013minversion="12.0.21005"?>
    <Upgrade Id="B59F5BF1-67C8-3802-8E59-2CE551A39FC5">
        <UpgradeVersion Minimum="$(var.vcredist2013minversion)" Property="VCREDIST2013INSTALLED" OnlyDetect="yes" IncludeMinimum="yes" />
    </Upgrade>

    <PackageGroup Id="redist_vc120">
        <ExePackage Id="vc120" Cache="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Compressed="yes"
            Name="redist\VC120_Runtime\vcredist_x86.exe"
            InstallCommand="/quiet /norestart"
            InstallCondition="Not VCREDIST2013INSTALLED"
        />
    </PackageGroup>
</Fragment>
...

is there anything wrong with the InstallCondition?
or do i need to add a DetectCondition?

in the log file it reads:

Detected related package: {13A4EE12-23EA-3371-91EE-EFB36DDFFF3E}, scope: PerMachine, version: 12.0.21005.0, language: 0 operation: MajorUpgrade
Detected package: vc120, state: Absent, cached: None
Condition 'Not VCREDIST2013INSTALLED' evaluates to true.
Planned package: vc120, state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: Present, execute: Install, rollback: None, cache: Yes, uncache: No, dependency: None
Applying execute package: vc120, action: Install, path: <path and command line>...
Applied execute package: vc120, result: 0x0, restart: None

but also removing the InstallCondition and replacing it with the following DetectCondition did not work:

<PackageGroup Id="redist_vc120">
    <ExePackage Id="vc120" Cache="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Compressed="yes"
        Name="redist\VC120_Runtime\vcredist_x86.exe"
        InstallCommand="/quiet /norestart"
        DetectCondition="VCREDIST2013INSTALLED"
    />
</PackageGroup>

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edit:
just to explain further: i'm trying the approach with UpgradeCode because i don't want to check for a particular installation package but for a minimum version.


Solution

  • the following logic works fine for the bootstrapper bundle (burn):

    <Fragment>
        <!-- vcredist 2013 x86 -->
        <util:ProductSearch Id="VCREDIST_120_x86"
            UpgradeCode="B59F5BF1-67C8-3802-8E59-2CE551A39FC5"
            Result="version"
            Variable="VCREDIST_120_x86" />
    
        <PackageGroup Id="redist_vc120">
            <ExePackage Id="vc120" Cache="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Compressed="yes"
                SourceFile="redist\VC120_Runtime\vcredist_x86.exe"
                InstallCommand="/quiet /norestart"
                DetectCondition="(VCREDIST_120_x86 &gt;= v12.0.21005)" />
        </PackageGroup>
    </Fragment>
    

    to summarize:

    in burn the product detection based on the UpgradeCode obviously works different than in msi (where we can use the upgrade table along with attribute "OnlyDetect" and then configure a "LaunchCondition").


    just for reference:
    i found the following UpgradeCodes (along with their minimum version) to match ...

    x86:

    vcredist 2005 x86 - 86C9D5AA-F00C-4921-B3F2-C60AF92E2844, 8.0.61001
    vcredist 2008 x86 - DE2C306F-A067-38EF-B86C-03DE4B0312F9, 9.0.30729.6161
    vcredist 2010 x86 - 1F4F1D2A-D9DA-32CF-9909-48485DA06DD5, 10.0.40219
    vcredist 2012 x86 - 4121ED58-4BD9-3E7B-A8B5-9F8BAAE045B7, 11.0.61030
    vcredist 2013 x86 - B59F5BF1-67C8-3802-8E59-2CE551A39FC5, 12.0.40660
    vcredist 2015 x86 - 65E5BD06-6392-3027-8C26-853107D3CF1A, 14.0.23506
    vcredist 2017 x86 - 65E5BD06-6392-3027-8C26-853107D3CF1A, 14.15.26706
    vcredist 2019 x86 - 65E5BD06-6392-3027-8C26-853107D3CF1A, 14.20.27508
    

    x64:

    vcredist 2005 x64 - A8D19029-8E5C-4E22-8011-48070F9E796E, 8.0.61000
    vcredist 2008 x64 - FDA45DDF-8E17-336F-A3ED-356B7B7C688A, 9.0.30729.6161
    vcredist 2010 x64 - 5B75F761-BAC8-33BC-A381-464DDDD813A3, 10.0.40219
    vcredist 2012 x64 - EFA6AFA1-738E-3E00-8101-FD03B86B29D1, 11.0.61030
    vcredist 2013 x64 - 20400CF0-DE7C-327E-9AE4-F0F38D9085F8, 12.0.40660
    vcredist 2015 x64 - 36F68A90-239C-34DF-B58C-64B30153CE35, 14.0.23506
    vcredist 2017 x64 - 36F68A90-239C-34DF-B58C-64B30153CE35, 14.15.26706
    vcredist 2019 x64 - 36F68A90-239C-34DF-B58C-64B30153CE35, 14.20.27508
    

    EDIT HISTORY:

    1) updated the UpradeCode for vcredist 2017 x86 as per Brian Sutherland's comment. VS 2015, VS 2017 and VS 2019 all remain within the same family of 14.*.

    2) added x64 variants to answer the question in Ahmed Daniel's comment. the updated listing mainly has been determined from running a modified version of the solution as suggested in answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/46637095
    it's a shame that there's no official documentation by microsoft regarding those specific upgradecodes, but we just have to go and figure out ourselves ...