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Check installed products in WIX

How to check installed products using WIX?If they are not installed, install

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Start by reading about AppSearch action (and WiX RegistrySearch and FileSearch elements) and Bootstrapper concept.

Yan Sklyarenko  2010-06-28 11:51:31
Thanks,I solved my problem using RegistrySearch
T-mann  2010-06-29 14:02:36
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You can also use the Upgrade table to detect other MSI products. Not necessarily intuitive but can work very well.

Rob Mensching  2010-07-11 01:27:51

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