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In an msi, we use the following to get explorer to restart so that it loads our shell extension.

<util:RestartResource Path="[WindowsFolder]explorer.exe"/>

However, now that I've wrapped this msi up with its dependencies in an installer created with burn, the restart of Explorer no longer occurs.

How can I get the restart to still occur?

Thanks.

The msi normally displays some UI asking the user to reboot. This UI is hidden when wrapped in a burn/bundle exe. I thought perhaps the burn engine would issue callbacks allowing a custom bootstrapper to display the relevant UI. I tried overridding OnExecuteMsiMessage in a custom bootstrapper application, but don't see any message that would appear to give me an opportunity to display the UI that's required for the Explorer.exe restart.

Scott Langham
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  • The complete, original UI can be shown using [Wix/Bundle/Chain/MsiPackage/@DisplayInternalUI](http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/msipackage.html) but maybe you don't want that. – Tom Blodget Dec 14 '13 at 20:30
  • Yep, I don't want the original UI... but you've given me an idea, I will see if it can handle restarting a process, and if it does will copy how it does it. – Scott Langham Dec 16 '13 at 09:04

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