installer

What is the best installation tool for java?

Depends on your experience could you recommend something? I've use izpack, and it's very nice tool, is there any other, better tool? ...

Java Application Installers

I'm not looking for java-web-start, I'm looking for a thick-client application installation toolkit. I've got a stand-alone application that consists of several files (jar files, data files, etc) and would need to do some pretty standard installation tasks, like asking the user for target directories, have them locate some parts of thei...

Good Alternatives to Visual Studio Setup Projects

Most developers and engineers that have experience writing software and deploying with the packaged Visual Studio Setup Project know about it's many shortcomings. Usually in regards to installation customization, upgrade paths, etc. What are some good alternatives for software deployment? In particular I'm interested in features, .NET in...

How do I uninstall a Windows service if the files does not exist anymore?

How do I uninstall a .NET Windows Service, if the service files does not exists anymore? I installed a .NET Windows Service using InstallUtil. I have now deleteded the files, but forgot to run InstallUtil /u first, but the service is still listed in the Services MMC. So I guess I have to go into the registry? Or is there a official way...

Visual Studio 2003 Merge Modules

I am using Visual Studio 2005 to make an install. The application has a dependency on a DLL that was built with MFC 7.1 (from Visual Studio 2003). Are there merge modules for MFC 7.1 or other redistributables like there are for MFC 8? Where could they be found? ...

What is the WiX equivilent of Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData from .NET?

I need to install a file into the Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData folder, which differs between XP and Vista. Is there a built in way to reference the correct folder in WiX or will I have to use conditional checks for OS and do it manually? If I have to do the latter, how do I reference the current windows user's directory in...

What's the 'correct' way of registering/installing an Assembly to the GAC?

There seems to be lots of different ways to register assemblies with the GAC, as in, they 'work'. However, what's the "proper" way of doing it? In response to Lou Franco (and gacutil): I'm using Gacutil for development, but it seems to me to be not the proper way to install it, since gacutil isn't included in the basic .NET utilities ...

Bundling .NET in installer

Would you (or your customers) rather download a 1mb installer and perhaps be prompted to download and install .NET, or a 23mb installer and never need to even know what .NET is? Chris ...

Distributing a stand-alone Python web-based application to non-technical users

I'm writing a web application in Python, intended for use by teachers and pupils in a classroom. It'll run from a hosted website, but I also want people to be able to download a self-contained application they can install locally if they want more performance or they simply won't have an Internet connection available in the classroom. T...

How to automatically start your service after install?

How do you automatically start a service after running an install from a Visual Studio Setup Project? I just figured this one out and thought I would share the answer for the general good. Answer to follow. I am open to other and better ways of doing this. ...

Locating installer paths in c#

In VS2008 I have writen a c# service, an installer and created a setup package to install it. The service needs to load an xml file to operate. Where is the best place to put this file in the various filesystem folders offered by the VS setup project, and how do I then refer to these paths from my code? Thanks [I should point out the t...

Installer : Rollback does not happen after I press cancel

Hi, I have a installer developed in Wise. After installation begins, when I press cancel rollback does not happen and installer continues to install. All the Rollback properties are correctly set in installer. Can you please help me in this issue ? ...

How can I use MSBuild to update version information only when an assembly has changed?

I have a requirement to install multiple web setup projects (using VS2005 and ASP.Net/C#) into the same virtual folder. The projects share some assembly references (the file systems are all structured to use the same 'bin' folder), making deployment of changes to those assemblies problematic since the MS installer will only overwrite a...

Is there any NSIS Best Practices or Coding Standards around?

I'm creating several NSIS installers and as my expertise in this thing grows up I'm no longer happy with just making things work, I would like to see if there are some best practices or coding standards around this language, like how to write conditionals, variable names, unistallers, etc.. ...

install ASP.NET + SQL Express in a script

Hi Guys, I need a little help on this subject. I have a Web application written in ASP.NET plus I have the .bak file of the SQL Express database, my question is: How can I install this in a simple click and go way in the client? how can I write a script that will create a new database, restore the bak file into that database, set up I...

SxS installations and WiX

I'm trying to figure out how to deal with installation and deployment of our project which is a framework. Typically developers would install the framework and then have their .Net applications reference our dlls. The framework has 2 levels: A number of native C++ dlls Some C++\CLI and C# assemblies (all are dlls) that reference the ...

How to create an installer out of an installer?

I have an old legacy application around for which I only have the installer. it doesn't do anything more than uncompress and register itself and his library's. As i don't have the source-code it gives me a lot of headaches in maintenance problems. In some particular computers (Acer Aspire One with Windows) just do not run. I would like...

Why do some installers need to restart the computer before you run the program?

I'm fairly new to deploying desktop applications, so this is the first time I'm building an installer for my software. Currently, the first time I run my software after installing it, it crashes. After that, it runs fine. I'm still in the process of debugging this issue, but I've noticed that a reboot immediately after installing and ...

Delivery of .Net 3.5 SP1

If I were to include .Net Framework setup file along with my apps (installation process is done by our own technician), to be install on a clean Windows (XP SP2/SP3 or Vista SP1) without prior installation of any framework, which of the .Net Framework setup do I need to install in sequence, to get to 3.5 SP1? Currently I have the setup f...

Pre-requisite and Launch condition

Hi, Iam having a small problem regarding pre-requisites and launch condition for setup. Example, my setup is having one launch condition for "Software1" and one pre-requisite for "Software2". So, if a system is not having both Softwares "Software1" and "Software2", on installing the setup, 1. Is it shows the pre requiste dialog for "So...