Rollback Settings

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If an end user cancels an installation before it has completed, or if a fatal error occurs during the installation, the result can be an incomplete, corrupt application. To avoid this problem, you can enable rollback support through the Rollback Settings area in the Advanced view of the Project page.

The following settings are available in the Rollback Settings area:

Rollback Settings

Setting

Description

Enable Rollback

Select this option to enable the installer to perform a complete uninstall if the installation encounters a fatal error or is cancelled.

This option is selected by default for all new projects.

Restart Windows in case of Rollback

Select this check box to instruct a target Windows machine to restart after a rollback occurs during installation. If this check box is selected, the machine will restart once the user clicks the Done button in the Install Complete panel.

Note • If this Restart Windows in case of Rollback check box is selected, the target Windows machine restarts regardless of whether a Restart Windows action is present in the Post-Install sequence, with one exception. If a Restart Windows action is present and you assign to it a rule that would prompt the end user to choose between Yes, restart or No, I will restart later, if the end user selects No, the machine will not restart even if the Restart Windows in case of Rollback check box is selected.

The Restart Windows in case of Rollback check box is enabled if the Enable Rollback check box is selected.

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