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    Stopping a running executable

    What is the recommend process for detecting if a component being installed is already in use and prompting the user to retry after they stop it from running?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BillMcLean View Post
    What is the recommend process for detecting if a component being installed is already in use and prompting the user to retry after they stop it from running?

    Sorry, my oritinal response was for SUF, nto MSI


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    I don't think that there is an MSI feature to do this. You would have to use a dll or exe in a custom action. The Lua Script dll should be able to close a running process so this could be a good workaround.

    Adam Kapilik

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