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WiX-- always overwrite the previous version

Hi all, I have an installer of an application that needs to install over any existing version, regardless of version number. Instead, I've got an installer that constantly says that I need to go to add/remove programs. That's very frustrating behavior for my testers, since it just slows them down for no real reason in their minds-- th...

Installer for java application

Hi, I would like to know what packages are out there that can be used to create installers to distribute applications. The target application is written in Java. The installer must be able to: be compiled via an ant script be compiled Linux (and Windows) run on Windows and Linux detect / handle previously installed versions of the ap...

MSI installer not correctly uninstalling a product.

Hi, I have a situation where a user can install an older version of my software for the 'current user', and then go ahead and upgrade to a newer version of my software for 'all users'. The product itself works fine after this, but the strangeness happens on uninstall. When I try to uninstall the product, the uninstaller shows a coupl...