Installshield - Few files getting removed on major upgrade - upgrade

I updated an installer file (.ism) for major upgrade in which I made the following changes:
updated product code,
updated package code,
updated versionmin and max in upgrade,
updated product version,
few strings in which old version was mentioned.
Now when I am upgrading my product using this setup, few files get removed automatically.
I did not make any changes in those files in target machine and the same files (no change in content) are in my new setup.
Also I did not add any entry in "RemoveFiles" table to remove them.
Also checked the installation log in which I am just seeing this:
Action 14:14:59: RemoveFiles. Removing files
RemoveFiles: File: CapibilityDemo.htm, Directory: C:\Program Files\Server\Printing\
RemoveFiles: File: HTTP.js, Directory: C:\Program Files\Server\Scripts\OpenLayers\lib\OpenLayers\Protocol\
RemoveFiles: File: Script.js, Directory: C:\Program
Files\Server\Scripts\OpenLayers\lib\OpenLayers\Protocol\
Can anyone please help me in resolving this issue ?
Thanks
Taran

Dynamic components are probably the problem.
This link is someone who was having a similar problem while patching (which is like a minor update)
Basically what is happening is that MSI has determined that the 'old' components have been removed (since they are dynamically generated, the GUIDs change every build). So in your upgrade it is removing the components you 'removed'. However it isn't laying down the new components, likely because it has determined there isn't a need for it to do so. You should examine your MSI file in Orca and look for the files/components that didn't get installed in your upgrade, and then search the install log for that GUID. That should give you a clue as to the next steps.
Also, here is the installshield best practice recommendations for Dynamic file linking.

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Copying original *viewdefs.php into custom folder? suiteCRM / sugarCRM CE

I saw someone "extending" an existing viewdef by simply copying the stock file into the custom folder and then modifying that copied file.
It makes sense, but I don't see that in official documentation.
Example modules/Leads/metadata/editviewdefs.php copied to custom/modules/Leads/metadata/editviewdefs.php
Is this safe/correct way of doing it?
That's the correct way to do it.
A quick reminder about future SuiteCRM upgrades and view/edit-defs.
Sometimes newer SuiteCRM versions add/edit fields to modules and the upgrade process will not upgrade your copy of those files, sometimes causing weird errors.
If you have access to a Backup is more easy to copy the file from there and then edit it with a new Uploader Package.

typo3 crashed page after installed extension

After I instaled extension in typo 3 version 4.5 I can't log in to backend, my page is blank and after I try to go on http://mydomain/typo3/install/index.php I get this message :
The Install Tool is locked.
Fix: Create a file typo3conf/ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL
This file may simply be empty.
For security reasons, it is highly recommended to rename
or delete the file after the operation is finished.
If the file is older than 1 hour TYPO3 has automatically
deleted it, so it needs to be created again.
Installing any extensions in such an old TYPO3 probably will kill your installation, as any modern extension is incompatible to the old sources.
Modern extensions have namespaces, autoloader, use API classes and functions unknown to the old installation, maybe even use PHP7 features unknown to the old PHP which is needed to run those old TYPO3.
now for your cleanup:
For entering the instal-tool do as the message indicates:
create/update that file and then you can enter the install tool.
but in 4.5 you will not get much help to get the system running again.
you must disable the malicious extension:
in the file typo3conf/localconf.php you need to delete the extension key from the list of installed (active) extension. For this you can use any editor. One is build in the InstallTool.
After that you need to remove the cached version of the localconf.php: remove the temp* files in the folder typo3conf/.
Now your system should work again (but still might be unclean).
you should remove the extension (typo3conf/ext/extensionkey).
Maybe there are new tables and fields in the database. Therefore do a database compare in the InstallTool.

Upgrade kentico from 9 to 10

When i trying update kentico to 10 version i have a some problem:
"the selected folder is missing a vital kentico component"
but I'm sure I chose the right folder. Who mean why?
It looks as if you are attempting to use the Kentico Hotfix Utility to upgrade from v9.0.50 to hotfix v10.0.41, which is not supported by Kentico. You cannot use the Kentico Hotfix Utility to upgrade Kentico from one major version to another. You need to:
First upgrade the project from 9.0.X => 10.0 - upgrade documentation available at https://docs.kentico.com/k10/installation/upgrading-to-kentico-10
Then you will need to run the project.
Then you can apply the latest hotfix utility - available at https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
Then run the project again.
I appreciate you had a missing lib folder, but even if this were present, you still can't perform a major version upgrade using the hotfix utility.
I think in your case, you only have the CMS folder from deployment. But the upgrade needs the Lib folder which was not needed for deployment.
What you can do is to find the Lib folder from another instance or just install V9 of CMS, and you can find the missing Lib folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Kentico\9.0\Webinstaller\Web
Few things can cause this:
Customized core files
Missing dll's
Changes in the web.config which cause Kentico references to be broken
and some other issues, but these are the most common we see.
Have you tried to open the project within Visual Studio and build the project? Secondly, are you selecting the directory with the CMS and Lib directory in it?
Does your project has the default structure or is it loke it was installed to the root of the web site? Default structure is some folder and underneath are the CMS, Lib and also the .sln file and few others. Looks like you have just the content of the CMS folder. In this case you either need the original project or upgrade the manual way.
You may also run CodeUpgrade tool from Kentico
Basic detection
Run CodeUpgrade.exe from the command line, with the path to your project’s solution file as the parameter (WebSite.sln or WebApp.sln).
For example:
CodeUpgrade.exe C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Kentico9\WebSite.sln
The tool generates a csv file containing a list of custom code occurrences in your project that are no longer valid in Kentico 10. The information will help you update your custom code after you perform the upgrade.
Source - Kentico documentation The documentation has all the commands to run and detect the incompatible code. This might help you.
Kentico 9 to 10 Upgrade tool - http://download.kentico.com/CMSUpgrades/Upgrade/Upgrade_9_0_10_0.exe
Basic steps to ensure before you perform upgrade - https://docs.kentico.com/k10/installation/upgrading-to-kentico-10

NuGet Server cannot find .nupkg package files

Okay this is a derivative of Could not load file or assembly 'NuGet.Server, Version=2.11.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies seeing as though I couldn't find a solution to that.
I am publishing my Nuget Server project to my Windows 2012 R2 server and pointing to the applicable directory where the files live. The package files exist, as shown below in the screenshot however I keep on getting the below error:
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Copying file Packages\PackageName.1.0.0.nupkg to obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\Packages\PackageNameJson.1.0.0.nupkg failed. Could not find file 'Packages\PackageName.1.0.0.nupkg'. nuget_server_02 0
I have NuGet Server v2.11.3 installed and my project targets .NET Framework 4.6. One thing to note is that the packages themselves are from an earlier version of .NET - most likely 3.5.
This is my web.config file:
<add key="packagesPath" value="D:\RootFolder\SubFolder\SolutionNameFolder\ProjectNameFolder\Packages"/>
Even after several Restore NuGet Packages attempts I am still faced with this dilemma. The one thing I am really struggling to understand is if I point the packagesPath to a local directory, it works and does retrieve the packages however, when I point to the very same project on my server I get this headache.
Previously, in the included link to the related SO question, I could publish but now I can't even get through that stage even though I never made any changes to the project since last working on it. I decided to revisit it today.
UPDATE:
I have deleted the bin folder and rebuilt my solution as per Could not load file or assembly 'someProject' or one of its dependencies. Access is denied But it still can't find the file.
You can run your nuget server and it will show an html file as output (Default.aspx). You can, of course, modify this file to make it look like anything you want and otherwise change it. You can't change the way the nuget server service behaves because that is run from a dll. You should be able to show your repository files using the output page of your nuget server.
I encountered a similar set of errors, and monitored the Event Viewer while I was trying to show the contents of my repository.
The Event Viewer showed that an error was being thrown every time my Nuget Server attempted to list the contents of the packages folder.
Keeping in mind that nuget packages are zip files, and to display the details on the information contained in the nuget packages, the nuget server must unzip them. If the file is corrupted, the server will throw an error and stop attempting to list the contents of any further files. This error results in a w3wp.exe crash. It will be recorded as an ASP.NET error in the Windows->Applications section of the event log.
The cure for me was to delete the contents of the packages folder on my nuget server, and re-up them.
This may be impractical if you have a lot of files in your repository, so any files that were uploaded near the first error shown in the event viewer should be chosen for upload first.
One of the files is likely corrupted.
I would recommend checking out the event viewer on your server, and making sure you have no corrupted files in your repository.
You can view (and edit, to a point) your repository contents with Nuget Package Explorer. If the file you want to view is corrupted, then it should show an error for that file. You can then re-up that file, and if the problem is a file problem, this will cure it.
You can also reinstall your nuget server if that fails. It is somewhat unlikely that the code has been corrupted, but worth a shot.
Good luck.

Add Enterprise Library 6 without powershell?

I've been trying to install Enterprise Library 6, and it's been a pain. I tried following Enterprise Library 6: Installation and VS2012 Configuration, but I'm having issues with the powershell command. I also tried opening install-packages.ps1 and pasting in powershell, and I keep continue errors. I'm not sure if it's my machine and the restrictions it has, but I don't want to go through this installation process just for one call to a stored procedure.
I rarely use powershell, and I don't want to start learning it today. Is there a way to just download the dlls needed and add them as reference to my project?
I had already added Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data as reference, and the project builds well, but when it runs, I get an error with one of the methods. It seems that there are other dlls I need to add (Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common), among others.
I just want to download these dlls and add them as reference. I don't want to go through any installation process.
Is this possible? Thanks.
I downloaded Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ConfigConsoleV6.vsix. Then I opened in winrar, copy/pasted Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll to my bin folder, and added as reference to my project.
Then I downloaded enterpriselibrary.data.6.0.1304.nupkg from nuget.org and opened it with winrar. Then I copy/pasted Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.dll to my bin folder, and added as reference to my project.