installshield stop old process before install new version

Question

I have a setup made with installshield 2012, framework 3.5 and I am generating a new setup. My problem is that my UpgradeCode had to be changed. So I need to Update mi .exe with a different UpgradeCode. My problem is tan when I have the old .exe versión running, the installation do not execute well and the .exe failed when execute. What I need to do is to CONFIRM that Old versión is not running before Install the new version. I have tried to include in my Installer class

public override void Install(IDictionary stateSaver)
{
      Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(processID); 
      foreach (Process process in processes)
      {
            process.Kill();
            process.WaitForExit();
            process.Close();
      }
}

But it does not work. Any Ideas? Thanks

Is there a protocol for closing your process gracefully (e.g. closing the main window or a named pipe command)? process.Kill is brutal that it does not clean up kernel resources. You probably need a custom action to put the closing code in unless your process is a windows service. — Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

Bogdan Mitrache Bogdan Mitrache · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-21T07:40:22

Instead of killing without any notifications your application (which myight lead to your users losing unsaved data, etc...) you could ask the user to close it and stop the installation of the new version until the old application is closed.

The above link explains how to do it with another tool, but with the right set of custom actions it can be achieved in any setup authoring tool.

installshield stop old process before install new version

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