I eventually found Orca as part of the Platform SDK, though I wasn't sure about what fields to change, but I'll try your suggestion. Here's a program that generates GUIDs, by the way. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94551F58-484F-4A8C-BB39-ADB270833AFC&displaylang=en Thanks for your time, ed, Owen. -- Regards, Raymond. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ed elliott" <eddiearmeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] [Win32 Installation] Apache 2.0.54 HTTP-server Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 13:58:54 +0100 (BST) > > I wouldn't suggest you do this on a real machine, but when I want > to install more than one version without the source (so using the > msi install) I use the orca tool to modify the msi file to let me > install correctly: > > 1 - get orca ( > http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q107066 ) > 2 - use it to open the msi file, in the property section, change > the product code, just pick one number at random and change it - (I > ususall change the last or first digit), also change the > SERVICEINTERNALNAME and SERVICENAME to Apache254 or something > similar. > > > save the msi and it should install - you must do a custom install > and change the install location, otherwise you wil overwrite the > existing binaries!! > > you will find that the service doesn't get installed so you need to > start apache manually from the install dir and unless you change > the port number, you will need to stop the existing service. > > As I said this is only for testing, but it worked for me, and at > the end of the day u end up with the new binaries and so it works. > > > ed > > > "Raymond S." <rs@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I attempted to install Apache 2.0.54 on a system that > is already running 2.0.47. The Windows Installer had > this to say about it: > > " > Another version of this product is already installed. > Installation of this version cannot continue. To > configure or remove the existing version of this product, > use Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel. > > [OK] > " > > Note that these are *different* versions. > > This limitation effectively prevents me from having multiple > versions of Apache installed on the same system, which further > makes testing an impossibility. > > Is this an issue with the MSI package, perhaps? > -- > Regards, > Raymond. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Få gratis E-postadresse hos Spray Mail! - http://mail.spray.no > > Powered by Outblaze > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger - want a free & easy way to contact your friends online? -- _______________________________________________ Få gratis E-postadresse hos Spray Mail! - http://mail.spray.no Powered by Outblaze --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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