I used the following piece of code in the service to debug the service successfully by running the service as a console application and verified everything works fine.But later when I installed the service and started it as a windows application the service is running as indicated by the services console but it is not doing the job it ha...
I have a Windows service written in C# using VS2005. The installation is via a wizard that calls msiexec to install the msi file also created using VS2005. I am having trouble generating an msi file that will upgrade from one version of the service to another. The wizard program handles detection of the currently installed version, sto...
I have a program which needs installing on windows 64 boxes. Most of the application has been ported to 64 bit but there are still one or two minor modules which we haven't ported mostly due to third party dependencies. Where should I install this programme? C:\program files (x86) or c:\program files? Because it is a mixture I am lean...
For example, I don't want to overwrite the config file and some other files,What should I do using WiX? ...
I can't seem to compile ironruby in ruby 1.8.7. I always get this error: no such file to load -- windows/path Does this mean that ironruby is not compatible with ruby 1.8.7? ...
I'm trying to make the jump to running my development tools in virtual machines and am wondering about any tips as far as setting up such an environment Some specifics: I am using VirtualBox. My host pc is WindowsXP I am looking to install Vista in the VM. I will need VS 2008 with all the standard stuff that it comes with I wi...
I have a ClickOnce app which ties into our software and we deploy and use internally. We want to get this to customers, but with the customer hosting the clickonce update site. As far as I can see from The Instructions, I have to sign the deployment manifest after creating it, and to create it I need to know the update site. I don't kn...
While installing vmware server I'm asked Do you want to be able to use host-only networking in your virtual machines? [yes] what do they mean by this? Thanks! ...
I want to make a installation which can be both new installation and update installation. When it was used as an update installation, I want some files to be updated regardless the version and modified datetime. And some files would never be updated. What I tried: Set the "REINSTALLMODE" to "amus". And set the "Never overwrite" property...
The biggest issues im running into starting a project with CouchDB is the nightmare involved in getting it up and running. Any tips for getting couchDB up on a media temple server or any server really? ...
Hello, I'm using Visual Studio installation kit to create msi for my product. I found a problem - I've installed the product in the past with "Just For Me" option, and now I would like to upgrade & change it to "Everyone". At the end of the upgrade I can see two lines with my product at the "Add / Remove programs". Does anyone has an ide...
For cost savings, we're moving from an managed SQL Server DB to a dedicated db on our own server. What configuration checklist would you perform to ensure maximum security and reliability? ...
I have an InstallShield installation that uses custom actions that depends on the Visual C++ Runtime 8.0 sp1. In the past, I was able to install the runtime using the merge module provided by Microsoft with Visual Studio. Based on the way the Visual C++ Runtime 8.0 sp1 side-by-side installation works on Vista, the runtime cannot be used ...
I have an application that will use a device in some cases (i.e. printer). Basically, in one office this printer will be used, and in another office this printer will never be used. The functionality to use the printer is sitting in the application code, and the dll's that communicate with the printer are referenced in the code. So the ...
I want to get the installed path of a C# project setup. In C#.net. How can I use this path in Installer Class for checking that the setup is installed or not? Actually I want to check if the setup is installed in the system or not . If it is, I want to repair this. ...
I've created a firefox extension that consists of a toolbar button. How can I set it up so that when my extension is installed, the button automatically appears in the main toolbar. I don't want my users to have to go to the customize toolbar menu and drag my button over. ...
I've created a windows service in c# and I'm trying to install it for debug using the installutil as recommended here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sd8zc8ha.aspx The installutil says Install completed. However, nothing appears in the service control manager. I've tried this on Server 2008 and XP with the same result. Any id...
I want to set up Perl 5.10 in my home directory in addition to the ancient Perl currently on the machine in the /usr/local. I am not a super-user on this machine. I found the require 5.10 HPUX perl binary package and it seems to work, but for some reason it seems to assume it's running in /usr/local (as evidenced by @INC error messages...
Hi, Half a year ago, I installed Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. I don't quite remember which I installed first, but since then I am unable to connect to any file-based SQL server databases from the Visual Studio IDE. I think it was related to a bug in Visual Studio, the fact that I had previously installed Visual Studio 2005 on...
Hi there, I comes with a notice, this issue is happing to me, is about client profile install and regional configuration (language input), for examples Im using WPF RichTextBox checkspeller, in some machines, works cause in the following dirs : C:\Programs Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\es C:\Programs Files\Referen...