Disable File in use Dialog - Wix installer

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I need to disable the "File in use modal" dialog while performing installation.
After searching the Internet I found a workaround by setting the attribute property we can achieve this.

Can someone guide me how to set the Attribute property in the FilesInUse Dialog row in the Dialog table to 0 (Zero)?

Posted 1-Feb-14 5:23am

Sriram Bala

Updated 1-Feb-14 5:43am

André Kraak

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Feb-14 19:41pm

Not clear. You really need to provide more detail. I use WiX, but still cannot understand what you are trying to do. Perhaps I don't know the technique you are trying to use, but it only means that you should provide some relevant code sample.
—SA

Sriram Bala 3-Feb-14 6:03am

Hello SA. Thanks for showing interest in my query Actually my requirement is similar to this question posted in this forum
<p>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.platformsdk.msi/1dYXJta4gOM</P>. Here Mr.Rajneesh suggested a workaround how to trick WIX to disable fileinuse window. I copied his suggested workaround here. Please have a look and let me know if it clear now.

Hi,
After struggling for about 3 hours, looks like I was finally able to figure
out how to trick MSI to NOT display the FilesInUse dialog.

All i did was set the Attribute property in the FilesInUse Dialog row in the
Dialog table to 0 (Zero).

This seems to have done the trick. At InstallValidate, MSI I believe tries
to load the dialog and since the msidbDialogAttributesVisible property is
not set, all i see is just a flash and the setup goes on. It does prompt for
a reboot in the end, which is even better.

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