Generally when I use ClickOnce when I build a VB.NET program but it has a few downsides. I've never really used anything else, so I'm not sure what my options are. Downsides to ClickOnce: Consists of multiple files - Seems easier to distribute one file than manageing a bunch of file and the downloader to download those files. You have...
I have primarily used Visual Studio 2003, and its tool for building an installer was pretty painful. Files and folders had to be added manually, one by one. I am looking at upgrading to VS 2008, and I'm not sure what its installer is like. Also I'm interested in installers for non-.net applications. Are there good, open source opti...
I have a .NET 2.0 application that has recently had contributions that are Service Pack 1 dependent. The deployment project has detected .NET 2.0 as a prerequisite, but NOT SP1. How do I include SP1 as a dependency/prerequisite in my deployment project? ...
For .net 3.5 SP1, Microsoft have the new client profile which installs only a subset of .net 3.5 SP1 on to Windows XP user's machines. I'm aware of how to make my assemblies client-profile ready. And I've read the articles on how to implement an installer for ClickOnce or MSI. But I've been using Inno Setup for my project so far and I'...
I need to programatically determine whether .NET 3.5 is installed. I thought it would be easy: <% Response.Write(Environment.Version.ToString()); %> Which returns "2.0.50727.1434" so no such luck... In my research I have that there are some rather obscure registry keys I can look at but I'm not sure if that is the route to go. Does a...
When I launch the VS 2008 SP1 installer it says that it needs 6,366MB, and my C drive only has 2,452MB free space. Is there a way to install it that doesn't require so much free space? I've tried downloading the ISO image and mounting that, but it still requires 5,864MB free. Am I missing any obvious command line switches? ...
I am creating a program that will be installed using the .net installer project. The program writes to settings files to its directory in the Program Files dir. It believe there are some active directory settings that will prevent the application from righting to that directory if a limited user is running the program. Is there away to c...
I have a product which has been traditionally shipped as an MSI file. It is deployed through some sort of SMS push to thousands of desktops by our various clients. The software we use to create these installers is getting long in the tooth and we are looking to replace it. We have already standardized on InstallAnywhere for most of ou...
Heavy emphasis on simple. I've never made an installer and I'd rather not have to learn much. A system that I could hand a pile of files to and it would make some smart guesses about where to put them would be ideal. Go ahead and answer the general question. However In my cases I'm stuck with some extra constraints. The program to be i...
Hello, I wrote a quick program in python to add a gtk GUI to a cli program. I was wondering how I can create an installer using distutils. Since it's just a GUI frontend for a command line app it only works in *nix anyway so I'm not worried about it being cross platform. my main goal is to create a .deb package for debian/ubuntu users,...
Ok, I've got a problem here with an MSI deployment that I'm working on (using Installshield) we have a program running in the background that needs to run per-user, this needs to start automatically without user intervention. The problem is with GPO/AD deployment the application is started in the SYSTEM context before anyone is logged ...
How can I call a custom action dll written in managed code (.net) from an installer without using an unmanaged intermediary? ...
I'd like to have a link in my ASP.NET web site that authenticated users click to download a windows app that is already pre-configured with their client ID and some site config data. My goal is no typing required for the user during the client app install, both for the user friendliness, and to avoid config errors from mis-typed technic...
We are working on a winforms app in Visual Studio 2005 and the setup project we created output both an MSI and an EXE. We aren't sure what the EXE file is used for because we are able to install without the EXE. ...
Is there a redistributable .Net 3.5 installation package that is a silent installer? Or alternatively, is there a switch that can be passed to the main redistributable .Net 3.5 installer to make it silent? ...
How do I target .NET 3.5 alone after installing SP1 in VS2008? This is because VS 2008 lists only .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0 & .NET 2.0 and does not specifically show .NET 3.5 SP1. ...
I am able to successfully uninstall a third-party application via the command line and via a custom Inno Setup installer. Command line Execution: MSIEXEC.exe /x {14D74337-01C2-4F8F-B44B-67FC613E5B1F} /qn Inno Setup Command: [Run] Filename: msiexec.exe; Flags: runhidden waituntilterminated; Parameters: "/x {{14D74337-01C2-4F8F-B44B...
I'm working on an installer (using Wise Installer, older version from like 1999). I'm creating a shortcut in the Programs group to an EXE. I'm also creating a shortcut on the Desktop. If the install is run from an Admin account, then I create the shortcut on the Common Desktop and Common Program Group (i.e., read from the HKEY_LOCAL_MA...
I am getting this error now that I hit version number 1.256.0: Error 4 Invalid product version '1.256.0'. Must be of format '##.##.####' The installer was fine with 1.255.0 but something with 256 (2^8) it doesn't like. I found this stated on msdn.com: The Version property must be formatted as N.N.N, where each N represents at least o...
I need to know the application's ProductCode in the Installer.OnCommitted callback. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way of determining this. ...