So I am continuing testing and releasing changes to my app and I have come across a pain point that I am unsure how to deal with. First off, my app uses a SQL Server CE database to store information and I need to be able to make changes to this db so I've created an internally updating process that runs whenever the application runs to ...
Sorry I know this is not really a programming question. But when for example on the MySQL website you are given the option to download a .zip or .msi file. Is the result exactly the same application, or do the two work slightly different. I.e. the .zip option being more self contained, with everything under the MySQL folder and nothing ...
I'm using Bootstrap Manifest Generator to create custom prerequisites for my installer's bootstrapper (Acrobat, Flash, Java, etc). Everything works a treat but we have a requirement that the installation media be structured such that the "setup.exe" bootstrapper and the product MSI are the only things on the root of the disc, and all ...
I have an MSI being created with Wxs 3.0. My MSI references a C# custom action, written using the new C# Custom Action project (http://blogs.msdn.com/jasongin/archive/2008/05/23/custom-action-project-templates.aspx) I want to pass an argument to msiexec that gets routed to my custom action - eg: msiexec /i MyApp.msi ENVIRONMENT=TEST# ...
Has anyone developed a msi setup for database using an embedded resource for the sql scripts. The sql scripts should be the output of the Databse project of Team System Database Edition (Database project) ...
I have create a setup project using Visual Studio 2008. When installing on a different machine, i get the following error: The installer was interrupted before MyApplication could be installed. You need to restart the installer to try again. the log file shows the following MSI (s) (D8:20) [14:06:01:020]: Executing op: Compo...
After way too many experiments, I've come to the conclusion that Windows Installer is simply bad technology. But customers want MSI files. So, how can I create a MSI that extracts an EXE to a temp directory and runs it with options same or similar as were passed to the exe? Options to an MSI are explained here (low level "run" of an M...
Hi. I have a problem with installing ccm package from gpo. I prepared msi package using wininstall le and added new policy with msi to OU. in workstation event log i saw this: Installator has insufficient privileges to modify file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\CCM\ServiceData\Messaging\EndpointQueues\PeerDPManager\00000001.msg. I know that ins...
Hi, I am trying to change the icon of msi installer package. I didnt found any solution for that. Also i tried to change user interface of msi installer package. I got some skins for that interface,but that is trail version.. Any one knows please help me regarding the above question. ...
Environment: Install Shield 2009 Premier, Vista (Home/Premium, Ultimate) I have a custom action in Install Shield 2009 that would fire during installation. If setup.exe is run its fine, but when run the MyApplication.msi in Vista(please note in other OS the custom actions work just fine) it shows exception running the custom action. Cus...
I've got a project that depends on a particular version of MSVCR80.dll (the MS Visual C Runtime) and I'm running into problems where, depending on the particular system configuration, my app doesn't always get the right version of that file. It's been a bit of a crap shoot as to what path it takes to find a file with that name, and it's...
I'm using Visual Studio 2008 and have created a setup project for my application. The application has a high-resolution icon (for Vista). There's a bug in Visual Studio, and the installer creates a desktop shortcut with a low resolution icon. I logged this bug in Microsoft Connect (https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/Vie...
I have a product setup executable that copies some files to the user's hard drive. It's not a typical installer in the normal sense (it doesn't add anything to the Start Menu or Program Files folders). Each time the setup program is run on Vista, after the exe terminates, Vista produces a task dialog: This program might not have inst...
I have a windows installer (MSI) project. I want to ensure that when i build it , it will be compatible with msiexec version 4.5. ...
I was wondering if any efforts have been made to create MSI files from rpm spec files or if there are any good ports of RPM to Windows. ...
In your opinion, are MSDeploy packages a good option for giving to an end user to install a webapplication on their system. How does it compare with, say, the experience of using an MSI file to install a web app? Has anybody tried wrapping up an MSDeploy package inside an MSI package? Would it work? ...
Are all the dll's in my Website - Property Pages - References tab copied into an .msi istaller by default for a Website project type? The references don't seem to have any options as they would in a web app or desktop app project type (such as Copy Local, etc). My installer includes the Content Files from my website project, and any cl...
Is it possible to create a msi installer to host WCF service on IIS? ...
I have the following problematic scenario: Problematic Scenrio Description Begin--------------------------- I use msiexec to install a package in quiet mode in the following way: msiexec /i c:\mypackage.msi /quiet Now I have the package installed. Let's say I entered the command above again: msiexec /i c:\mypackage.msi /quiet Pro...
I have created setup project with Visual Studio. I also need some custom actions - created DLL with Visual c++ and it works just fine but i don't want to include visual c++ runtime files to my project. So is it possible to build this dll with some other c++ compiler? I have tried to make make it with Dev-c++ but when compiling i get few...