I have generated EXEs in the past and sent them off to our person doing installs. The new EXE would not get laid down until I generated a new component ID. He was using full blown Installshield.
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>Are you sure about this ? I didn't even think an EXE had a GUID. I've only used ISX once or twice - we use full blown Installshield and the 'overwrite' options there are, as I remember, limited to either time/date or version numbering options.
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>I also just compiled an EXE twice with 'Generate New ID's' on the second one. Windiff couldn't tell them apart except for date..
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>Regards,
>Viv
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer