{"id":961,"date":"2017-12-02T06:50:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T06:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=961"},"modified":"2020-01-09T09:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T09:25:10","slug":"windows-installer-rollback-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/windows-installer-rollback-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Installer Rollback Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>rajeshkumar created the topic: Windows Installer Rollback Installation<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the Windows\u00ae Installer processes the installation script for the installation of a product or application, it simultaneously generates a rollback script and saves a copy of every file deleted during the installation. These files are kept in a hidden system directory and are automatically deleted once the installation is successfully completed. If however the installation is unsuccessful, the installer automatically performs a rollback installation that returns the system to its original state.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Automatic rollback of an unsuccessful installation is the default behavior of the installer. To disable rollback during an installation use one of the following:<br \/>\n\u2022\tDISABLEROLLBACK Property<br \/>\n\u2022\tPROMPTROLLBACKCOST Property<br \/>\n\u2022\tDisableRollback Action<br \/>\n\u2022\tDisableRollback<br \/>\n\u2022\tEnableRollback ControlEvent<\/p>\n<p>Whenever rollback is disabled, the installer sets the RollbackDisabled property.<br \/>\nIf an installation uses custom actions, additional authoring of the installation package is required to use rollback functionality.<br \/>\nRegards,<br \/>\nRajesh Kumar<br \/>\nTwitt me @ <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RajeshKumarIn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twitter.com\/RajeshKumarIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>rajeshkumar created the topic: Windows Installer Rollback Installation When the Windows\u00ae Installer processes the installation script for the installation of a product or application, it simultaneously generates a rollback script&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[235],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-installation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":962,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}