During a package installation process, all the standard actions described in the Windows Installer Standard Actions article are queued for execution in the presented order. Based on the installation type: Install, Repair, Uninstall, Upgrade, some standard actions are executed if their conditions are met while others are not.

Windows Installer automatically sets the conditions for the standard actions based on the installation type. Below, we present the standard actions that are executed for each type of install if no custom conditions are set by the installation package author:

  • The standard actions sequence during the Install process.
  • The standard actions sequence during the Uninstall process.
  • The standard actions sequence during the Repair process.
  • The standard actions sequence during the Upgrade process.

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