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Resolving Conflicts Individually in Windows Installer Editor

Windows Installer Editor Reference
To resolve conflicts with rules in Windows Installer Editor
1. Select Tools menu > Resolve Conflicts with Rules.
The Resolve with Rules dialog box appears.
2. From Datasource, select the Software Manager database containing the
applications to use for conflict resolution.
If the database is not listed, click Open. The Select Data Source dialog box appears.
This is a standard Windows ODBC connection wizard, which lets you connect to a
database through an ODBC data source.
3. From Group, select the group that contains the packages to compare this
installation to.
4. From Rule Set Name, select the rule set to use.
5. Click OK.
The Resolving Conflicts dialog box appears, and conflicts are resolved. If there are
few conflicts to resolve, the dialog box appears briefly.
When the resolution is finished, you should see the changes in the installation. Example:
If a file was moved to a private directory, that directory should appear on the Files page.
Rules that would change an application in the Software Manager database are ignored,
because resolving conflicts from Windows Installer Editor affects the current installation
only. As a result, some conflicts might not get resolved. Use the Resolve wizard to
resolve any remaining conflicts.
See Resolving Conflicts Individually in Windows Installer Editor
See also:
Resolving File Conflicts Within Windows Installer Editor
Not available in Standard Edition.
Use the Resolve wizard to resolve file conflicts without using resolution rules, or to
resolve conflicts that cannot be resolved automatically with rules.
When you resolve conflicts from Windows Installer Editor, all conflicts are resolved in the
current installation only; the Software Manager database is never changed.
To resolve individual conflicts in Windows Installer Editor
1. Select Tools menu > Resolve Conflicts.
The Welcome page appears.
2. From Datasource, select the Software Manager database containing the
applications to use for conflict resolution.
If the database is not listed, click Open. The Select Data Source dialog box appears.
This is a standard Windows ODBC connection wizard, which lets you connect to a
database through an ODBC data source.
3. From Group, select the group that contains the packages to compare this
installation to.
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