WiX overwrites config files during setup. How can I avoid this?

Question

I\'m using WiX to create a windows installer. Unfortunately my installer overwrites a config file on every update. What I really want is, that the installer only creates th

Answer 1

You can change the default behavior with REINSTALLMODE property. It defaults to "Reinstall if the file is missing or is an older version", which is logically correct, as for me. But you can experiment with other values to find the behavior you need.

Hope this helps.