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June 2007 - Posts

Unchanged Files Break Patch Uninstall

I've discussed a couple different reasons that Windows Installer 3.0-style patches - those with the MsiPatchMetadata table in the patch package itself - might not be uninstallable. I explained another reason in a discussion about the new patch build support

Uninstallable Patches that are not Uninstallable

Patching with Windows Installer is the act of applying a pair of transforms in a patch to a Windows Installer product, then repairing that product. Any changes made in the transforms affect the aggregate view that Windows Installer reinstalls. This is
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Windows Live Writer Plugin for MSDN URLs

I have posted a Windows Live Writer plugin I wrote to aide posting URLs to MSDN, simply named Paste MSDN URL . It removes, if present, the culture in the URL so that when a reader clicks the link he or she sees the content on MSDN in their preferred language
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