The installer sets the value of the MsiPatchRemovalList property to a list of patches that are being removed during the installation. The patches are represented in the list by their patch code GUIDs separated by semicolons.

Developers can use the MsiPatchRemovalList property to author a Windows Installer package or patch that performs custom actions on the removal of a patch. The custom action can be authored into the original installation package, a patch that has already been applied to the package, or a patch that is not an uninstallable patch. The custom action can be conditionalized on the MsiPatchRemovalList property in the sequence tables. See Using Properties in Conditional Statements for more information about conditionalizing actions.

The custom action can obtain the GUIDs of patches being removed from the value of the MsiPatchRemovalList property. The custom action can determine whether the installation state of the patch is applied, obsolete, or superseded by calling the MsiGetPatchInfoEx function or the PatchProperty property of the Patch object.

Remarks

Windows Installer 2.0:  Not supported. The MsiPatchRemovalList property is available beginning with Windows Installer 3.0.

For more information about removing patches, see Removing Patches.

Requirements

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