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Installer.ReinstallFeature method

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The ReinstallFeature method of the Installer object reinstalls features or corrects problems with installed features.

Syntax

Installer.ReinstallFeature(
  Product,
  Feature,
  ReinstallMode
)

Parameters

Product

Specifies the product code of the product.

Feature

Specifies the feature to be reinstalled. The parent feature or child feature of the specified feature is not reinstalled. To reinstall the parent or child feature, you must call the ReinstallFeature method for each separately or use the ReinstallProduct method.

ReinstallMode

Specifies the type of reinstallation. This parameter can be one or more of the following values.

Value Meaning
msiReinstallModeFileMissing
 Reinstalls only if the file is missing.
msiReinstallModeFileOlderVersion
 Reinstalls if the file is missing or is an older version.
msiReinstallModeFileEqualVersion
 Reinstalls if the file is missing or is an equal or older version.
msiReinstallModeFileExact
 Reinstalls if the file is missing or is not an exact version.
msiReinstallModeFileVerify
 Checks sum executables, and reinstalls if they are missing or corrupt.
msiReinstallModeFileReplace
 Reinstalls all files regardless of version.
msiReinstallModeUserData
 Ensures required per=user registry entries.
msiReinstallModeMachineData
 Ensures required per=machine registry entries.
msiReinstallModeShortcut
 Validates shortcuts.
msiReinstallModePackage
 Uses the recache source to install the package.

 

Return value

This method does not return a value.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
 Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
DLL
Msi.dll
IID
 IID_IInstaller is defined as 000C1090-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

See also

MsiReinstallFeature

Installation and Configuration Functions