The ReinstallFeature method of the Installer object reinstalls features or corrects problems with installed features.

Syntax

Script
ReinstallFeature(
  Product,
  Feature,
  ReinstallMode
)

Parameters

Product

Specifies the product code of the product.

Feature

Specifies the feature to be reinstalled. The parent feature or child feature of the specified feature is not reinstalled. To reinstall the parent or child feature, you must call the ReinstallFeature method for each separately or use the ReinstallProduct method.

ReinstallMode

Specifies the type of reinstallation. This parameter can be one or more of the following values.

Value	Meaning
msiReinstallModeFileMissing	Reinstalls only if the file is missing.
msiReinstallModeFileOlderVersion	Reinstalls if the file is missing or is an older version.
msiReinstallModeFileEqualVersion	Reinstalls if the file is missing or is an equal or older version.
msiReinstallModeFileExact	Reinstalls if the file is missing or is not an exact version.
msiReinstallModeFileVerify	Checks sum executables, and reinstalls if they are missing or corrupt.
msiReinstallModeFileReplace	Reinstalls all files regardless of version.
msiReinstallModeUserData	Ensures required per=user registry entries.
msiReinstallModeMachineData	Ensures required per=machine registry entries.
msiReinstallModeShortcut	Validates shortcuts.
msiReinstallModePackage	Uses the recache source to install the package.

 

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Requirements

Version	Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000
DLL	Msi.dll
IID	IID_IInstaller is defined as 000C1090-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

See Also

MsiReinstallFeature

Installation and Configuration Functions

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