Bundle splash screen showing on removal of previous version

[mareklinka]

Hello all. I have a question with regards to the bundle splash screen.

I have a Wix 4 (4.0.3) Burn bundle with a custom bootstrapper (WPF + . NET 8). This bundle has SplashScreenSourceFile set and the splash is working fine. However, when I'm running an upgrade installation, when the bundle gets to uninstalling the related (previous) bundle, the splash screen comes up even when the uninstalling bundle receives IBootstrapperCommand.Display == Display.Embedded.

Some related log records from the upgrade installation (the new bundle has a version of 0.0.1.0):

Detect phase
[0ED0:2480][2023-12-07T12:12:20]i102: Detected related bundle: {26286E5F-E4FE-4ACC-A47C-BC61A218FA6B}, type: Upgrade, scope: PerMachine, version: 0.0.0.0, cached: Yes

Plan phase
[0ED0:2480][2023-12-07T12:12:26]i207: Planned related bundle: {26286E5F-E4FE-4ACC-A47C-BC61A218FA6B}, detect type: Upgrade, default plan type: Upgrade, ba plan type: Upgrade, default requested: Absent, ba requested: Absent, execute: Uninstall, rollback: Install, default requested restore: ForcePresent, ba requested restore: ForcePresent, restore: Install, dependency: None

Execute phase
[24C4:2BB4][2023-12-07T12:13:09]i301: Applying execute package: {26286E5F-E4FE-4ACC-A47C-BC61A218FA6B}, action: Uninstall, path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{26286E5F-E4FE-4ACC-A47C-BC61A218FA6B}\Bundle.exe, arguments: '"C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{26286E5F-E4FE-4ACC-A47C-BC61A218FA6B}\Bundle.exe" -uninstall -burn.related.upgrade -burn.ancestors={A137F230-5028-4BD0-9CB1-6C321FABAEEE} -burn.filehandle.self=1004'
[24C4:2BB4][2023-12-07T12:13:13]i366: The process for package: {26286E5F-E4FE-4ACC-A47C-BC61A218FA6B} exited with code: 0x0. The exit code has been translated to type: Success and restart: None.
[0ED0:2480][2023-12-07T12:13:13]i319: Applied execute package: {26286E5F-E4FE-4ACC-A47C-BC61A218FA6B}, result: 0x0, restart: None

The command line for the old bundle does not contain -s or -q, which probably causes the splash screen to be shown. Is this expected behavior? Can I do something to prevent this splash screen from showing up?

Thanks.

[yuvnith]

Hello @mareklinka, we have observed the same behavior with our upgrades as well during WiX v3 to WiX v4 upgradation. Have you managed to find a solution to this issue?

[mareklinka]

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to arrive at a solution yet. For the time being, the only option I see is disabling the splash screen altogether.

[robmen]

That behavior really sounds like a bug.

[yuvnith]

Hi @robmen can I create a bug out of this discussion ?

[robmen]

Please open an issue. The issue template helps us triage bugs and captures the necessary information without having to search for the problem.

This matters because there are way more people opening issues than helping to close them.