MsiReinstallFeatureA function (msi.h)

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02/09/2023

The MsiReinstallFeature function reinstalls features.

Syntax

UINT MsiReinstallFeatureA(
  [in] LPCSTR szProduct,
  [in] LPCSTR szFeature,
  [in] DWORD  dwReinstallMode
);

Parameters

[in] szProduct

Specifies the product code for the product that contains the feature to be reinstalled.

[in] szFeature

Specifies the feature to be reinstalled. The parent feature or child feature of the specified feature is not reinstalled. To reinstall the parent or child feature, you must call the MsiReinstallFeature function for each separately or use the MsiReinstallProduct function.

[in] dwReinstallMode

Specifies what to install. This parameter can be one or more of the following values.

Value	Meaning
REINSTALLMODE_FILEMISSING	Reinstall only if the file is missing.
REINSTALLMODE_FILEOLDERVERSION	Reinstall if the file is missing or is an older version.
REINSTALLMODE_FILEEQUALVERSION	Reinstall if the file is missing, or is an equal or older version.
REINSTALLMODE_FILEEXACT	Reinstall if the file is missing or is a different version.
REINSTALLMODE_FILEVERIFY	Verify the checksum values, and reinstall the file if they are missing or corrupt. This flag only repairs files that have msidbFileAttributesChecksum in the Attributes column of the File table.
REINSTALLMODE_FILEREPLACE	Force all files to be reinstalled, regardless of checksum or version.
REINSTALLMODE_USERDATA	Rewrite all required registry entries from the Registry Table that go to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_USERS registry hive.
REINSTALLMODE_MACHINEDATA	Rewrite all required registry entries from the Registry Table that go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry hive. Rewrite all information from the Class Table, Verb Table, PublishComponent Table, ProgID Table, MIME Table, Icon Table, Extension Table, and AppID Table regardless of machine or user assignment. Reinstall all qualified components. When reinstalling an application, this option runs the RegisterTypeLibraries and InstallODBC actions.
REINSTALLMODE_SHORTCUT	Reinstall all shortcuts and re-cache all icons overwriting any existing shortcuts and icons.
REINSTALLMODE_PACKAGE	Use to run from the source package and re-cache the local package. Do not use for the first installation of an application or feature.

Return value

Return code	Description
ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE	The installation failed.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	An invalid parameter was passed to the function.
ERROR_INSTALL_SERVICE_FAILURE	The installation service could not be accessed.
ERROR_INSTALL_SUSPEND	The installation was suspended and is incomplete.
ERROR_INSTALL_USEREXIT	The user canceled the installation.
ERROR_SUCCESS	The function completed successfully.
ERROR_UNKNOWN_FEATURE	The feature ID does not identify a known feature.
ERROR_UNKNOWN_PRODUCT	The product code does not identify a known product.

For more information, see Displayed Error Messages.

Remarks

Note

The msi.h header defines MsiReinstallFeature as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP. See the Windows Installer Run-Time Requirements for information about the minimum Windows service pack that is required by a Windows Installer version.
Target Platform	Windows
Header	msi.h
Library	Msi.lib
DLL	Msi.dll