[SERVER-14603] Multiple Windows MSI installs with custom locations overwrite each other Created: 17/Jul/14  Updated: 20/Dec/14  Resolved: 08/Aug/14

Status: Closed
Project: Core Server
Component/s: Packaging
Affects Version/s: 2.6.3, 2.6.4
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug Priority: Minor - P4
Reporter: Andrew Emil (Inactive) Assignee: Ramon Fernandez Marina
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: 28qa
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by SERVER-16614 Windows: should allow users to instal... Closed
Related
related to DOCS-4569 Documentation should mention limit of... Closed
Operating System: Windows
Steps To Reproduce:

1) Download mongodb version A MSI and install to custom location (mongodbA, for example)
2) Download mongodb version B (where B > A) MSI and install to custom location (mongodbB)
3) The install of mongodb version A is now gone

Participants:

 Description   

An install from MSI of a higher version of mongodb will remove a lower version install even if they are both installed in custom locations. See reproduction for more detail.

Also note that you cannot install via MSI a lower version than you have currently installed. This may be a separate, but somewhat related bug.



 Comments   
Comment by Ramon Fernandez Marina [ 08/Aug/14 ]

This is the current design, as there's a globally unique product code in the registry. Users who want to install more than one version on the same machine can use the provided .zip files and install in custom locations.

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