I'm trying to create a setup project and I can't believe how painful it could be. Non of the tools that I've tried to use, haven't satisfy me. How come? Well, let's see: First and easiest option: Setup project built in Visual Studio. Easy and fast. you can easily implement custom actions, even if you're code was written in c# or vb.net...
This is probably a stupid question and my Googling just is not functioning today. I have an application I added a Visual Studio Installer > Setup Wizard project to. I am wondering how to add a button or check box that would launch the application after successful install. This would be located on the last page of the MSI Installer Packa...
I created setup project. And then a custom actions managed code dll. Now, how can I access files in setup project or in merge module from inside of my custom actions library code? Thank you UPD: I guess there is no way to access to the files from inside of a custom action's code. So I'm thinking about embedding those files inside my d...
In the WiX help documentation, Using Purely WiX for patching, the sample patch includes this section: <Media Id="5000" Cabinet="RTM.cab"> <PatchBaseline Id="RTM"/> </Media> and the command to build the patch references 'RTM' as well: pyro.exe patch\patch.wixmsp -out patch\patch.msp -t RTM patch\diff.wixmst The docs say the P...
Thanks to StackOverflow I found out yesterday how to add a custom action to the Visual Studio Installer to start my program after an update. The problem I now face is that at the end of the installer the program does open but the installer never finishes until I exit my app. Is there a way to ensure the app starts only after the user cl...
If I create a .msi installer and install at the command line with: msiexec /i foo.msi ALLUSERS=1 I've installed foo for all users. If I then create a new user on the system then I try to run foo from the start menu, Windows 7 will try to install the foo package for that user. If the .msi file isn't around. it fails. Is there a way ...
Is it possible to mix 32bit and 64bit components with different languages in a single MSI? I need to Mix 32bit English, 32bit German 64bit English, 64bit German components in a single MSI. I am able to create separate 4 MSI's using Visual Studio(Setup and Deployment). Using NSIS, I can really mix 32bit English, 32bit German 64bit En...
Hi, I have a Visual C++ Setup which I created using Visual Studio Setup Wizard. I'm trying to give the user option of selecting to install for himself only or everyone. How do I do this?? Even though I can select a radio button saying Install for All Users at install time, it did not work. I need this to work in Windows 7. I have some f...
When I create a Windows Installer package (say using WiX) and I install the application App.exe as well as the App.exe.config should the config file have its own component or should it be a companion file to the application executable? <Component Id="C.App.exe"> <File Source="App.exe"/> </Component> <Component Id="C.App.exe.config"> ...
I am using .NET Installer as a bootstrapper and I need to detect if Adobe Acrobat 9.3 or above is installed as a prerequisite. Currently I am using this registry to detect the installation: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\AdobeViewer\ELUA I simply check to see if the key exists. This has the following problems: ...
good day. a consultant offered us to remove @media all declaration as a alternative to rewrite html+css to fit outlook 2007. it seems to work on initial tests. will it cause future edge-state bugs or did we really find a quick fix? thanks in advance for your time ...
We have an error during the installation after running our installation: Component Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x86 and x64) has failed to install with the following error message: "A failure occurred attempting to install the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x86 and x64)." T...
Microsoft's "Windows Installer CleanUp Utility" could be used to help fix broken installations of MSI-installer based products. When the installer failed in some strange way and left corrupt data behind, so bad that even Add/Remove Programs couldn't help, you could often fix things by running this utility and then running the applicatio...
I have an existing (C# based) windows service that is derived from the Installer class and I currently use the MS supplied, command line InstallUtil to install it and uninstall it. This works fine and as part of my system I have attached event handlers to the AfterUninstallEventHandler and CommittedEventHandler events. In my case I sim...
I have a CustomInstaller class (System.Configuration.Install.Installer) and basically I'm opening a dialog form at Install method. I wonder if it's possible somehow to say that 'Parent' property of that form would be the setup process window? How can I do that? ...
Well. I have a setup project with CustomActions library from where I open a WPF Form. I know this sounds crazy, but that's what it is. And Of course I removed all crappy Setup project dialogs at Start, Progress and at the End. Now. Installation goes alright. But. When I try to use my installation for the second time, It says... nothing...
I've got a setup project. When It runs it says something like that As I understand I suppose to add some kind certificate or something into it. Could you tell me how? I'd rather like not to see this dialog or at least it suppose to say something about publisher. Not 'Unknown' thing. I exactlty know who the publisher is :) ...
How can I SILENTLY, without any messages can interrupt an installation from its CustomActions dll written on c#? ...
I'm trying to check for SharePoint 2010 being installed before permitting the installer to continue. In order for this to happen, I added the following "Search Target Machine" property: Name = "Search for MOSS2010" Property = SHAREPOINT2010INSTALLED RegKey = SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0 Root = vsdrrHKLM Val...
I am developing a product that will use WinPCAP for ethernet packet capturing. Is it possible to install WinPCAP from my own MSI or it must be installed seperately ? If it is possible to install it from my own MSI, can someone let me know how ? I also have to support silent installation. ...