Basic msi project, InstallShield 2009 Premier TrialWare->TrialWare Files->New File Configured for Trial Usage: Selected a TrialWare file Type: Try and Buy There are no licenses here. Pressed the Acquire button. a. Description already set, I didn't change it b. Version already set c. User/pass I choose the the same user/pass to log i...
When building my WXS data into an MSI I get the following error: ICE38: Component CreateFolder installs to user profile. It must use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file. This is confusing me cause I have my project set to be a per-machine installation, so from my understanding it should install to the "C:\Users\All Us...
Tools: InstallShield 2009 Premier, Basic MSI Project What I Need: Option to enter License Key (setup key) during setup [I can use TrialWare, but it allows the user to install the product] and also option to setup evaluation version during install. So how to provide license key check during setup? ...
I would like to add a custom config file for users downloading my MSI installer file. To do this I need to add a file to the pre-built MSI file just before download. Is there a command line way to do this? (bonus points if it works under Linux or Wine) ...
I am creating an MSI from inside visual studio 2008. This is what I am doing: (With the project I am creating this for open in Visual Studio) right click Add new project Setup and Deployment > Setup Project Give it a name Right click Application Folder > Add > Project Output: Primary Output Question: does this contain all I need to ru...
;Hello I am trying the deploy an application with visual studio and I have a problem with custom actions. I would like to launch a .exe during the installation, and it does not work. I have addded the .exe to the MSI and in the custom action view, I added the file .. pretty simple. I cant see how it cannot work. I tried to do the same wi...
I've got a relatively simple project that is under source control (svn), and I wanted to create an installer. I know that I could (should) use WiX, but as I'm new to creating installers I thought it'd be easier to just use the built-in Visual Studio (2010) Setup and Deployment Wizard. Unfortunately, it seems that files including externa...
I have a simple Visual Studio MSI project. I want to HALT the installation if I detect a running program of a certain type (e.g. "aaa.exe") and wait until the user closes it before proceeding. how do I do that? ...
Hi, I have an InstallShield - InstallScript MSI project and a custom action defined that calls a method from a dll. I can't seem to find a way of running this custom action as a dialog result, for example when the installation is finished and the user hits Finish button. Any suggestions are more than welcomed. Thanks. Edit I was not...
During installation MSI checks if the order in the cabinets matches the Sequence column in the File table. How to determine "the order in the cabinets" here ??? I am facing an issue -- the file "ABCFILE" is not found in the cabinet "XYZ.CAB" even if that file is present in the "XYZ.CAB" ...
I'm trying to deploy my dll (just a dll that needs to be registerd, nothing else) but cannot figure out the best way to do it. A CA signed cab seems to be the nicer way to do it, since it doesn't seem like a full program to the user and he only gets one prompt, but I'm facing the following problem: the cab is downloaded, then the yell...
I have an program that gets installed via an msi. The msi was built using a VS2008 deployment project and has a custom action to run the program once the install is complete. Once the msi has been run, I can simply update the version number, generate a new product code and the msi can be run again on the same PC. However, what I wan...
When I launch my appliation after the setup completes, it launches the application in elevated mode. One of the problems, that this creates is that the user can no longer drag drop files into the application. Running the application from Start Menu works fine. Is this even possible? ...
I am working on MSI installer which installs and starts the service. It may or may not replace files in use. When it does, there is a prompt to reboot machine at the end of install. Service runs lengthy initialization on the first startup, which is undesirable to interrupt by shutdown. What I am trying to do is to prevent service from s...
I have a Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 CF 2.0 application, I created a windows installation package with this link below: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158529.aspx My .ini file is: [CEAppManager] Version = 1.0 Component = netcf.core.ppc3.armv4.cab [netcf.core.ppc3.armv4.cab] Description = installation module CabFiles = ...
Using Visual Studio setup project. I'd like to change Everyone / Just Me choice to the same as the user selected during previous installation. ...
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious here. The following questions both reference the InstallExecuteSequence table: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1178327/force-reboot-from-custom-action-in-msi-in-c http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3404288/msi-installer-to-run-twice And here's the MS page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...
I need to generate an .msi package to deploy some files on my computers. I can do this using a program called Deep Freeze. I provide the .msi and Deep Freeze puts it in my workstations. I've been trying to create this .msi with the WiX sdk but I can't use my own folder path but as soon as I replace the APPLICATIONPATH with something else...
I’m trying to add a feature to my winforms app that prints the version number on the main screen. I currently have this: txtVersion.Text = ProductVersion.ToString(); Which tells me the version of the program – all well and good. However, what I’d ideally like it to do is to pick up the version of the installer program that was used ...
Good news: A major release is in the bag! Bad news: I just found out (2 weeks too late) that some people don't have MSXML 6 on their machines and the new installer we're rolling out requires it. Good news: We can distribute an MSI file to install MSXML Bad news: There are three MSI files to choose from, one 'normal' one, one endin...