Update removes itself's cached .msi and .cab files.

[wollka]

(reported by me about a year ago but still not fixed)

AI Professional 7.7 (and earlier).

1) Create Professional installer with .cab bootstrapper with Include install files in bootstrapper option enabled.
2) Enable Do not delete Extracted files option.
3) Install it.
4) Increase version number and build new version.
5) Try to install it over the old one. – an error will occur telling that there is no source .msi files…

So this means that during the update procedure when an older version uninstalls it also removes all cached .msi files (even from this new version) and it’s not possible to install an update.
Tested under Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Russian and Windows XP Pro SP3.

thanks,
Serhiy

[GabrielBarbu]

Hello,

This is not a bug, it is how Windows Installer works. Make sure the extraction path is different for each version of the msi. You can do this by including the installer's version number inside the path.

Best regards,
Gabriel