I am trying to create an MSI package that uses the AppCmd application to configure IIS7. It only has to execute some commands that call AppCmd. Some commands need to be called when installing, other commands need to be called when uninstalling. Here is what I have now: I have a property that points to AppCmd: <Property Id="APPCMD" Val...
I know the standard Major.Minor.Build.Revision but there's several considerations for us that are somewhat unique -We do internal releases almost daily, occasionally more than once a day. -Windows Installer doesn't check Revision so that's almost moot for our purposes. -Major and Minor numbers ideally are only updated for public r...
EDIT! Okay, further examination and experimentation is showing that the problematic file, the pathwaysMdf file, IS being installed! However, after being installed, it's being REMOVED, by a RemoveFiles action! I imagine it's doing this because that file is part of the original install, so it's doing it's job uninstalling and cleaning u...
I have an installer that writes to HKLM\Software\DroidExplorer\InstallPath. On any x86 machine it writes just fine to the expected location, on Windows XP x64 and Windows 7 x64 it also writes to the expected location, which is actually HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\DroidExplorer\InstallPath. Later on during the install, my bootstrapper, wh...
I have a hierarchy of Directory elements in a WiX script. I also have a component that creates a virtual directory (using IIS:WebVirtualDir), which points to the root of my Directory hierarchy. How do I change a property (e.g. AnonymousAccess) of a subfolder of the virtual directory, e.g. MyVirtualDir <<< this is the virtual dir...
Okay! I have finally more closely identified the problem I'm having. In my installer, I was attempting to get a settings file to REMAIN INTACT on a major upgrade. I finally got this to work with the suggestion to set <InstallExecuteSequence> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallFinalize" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> This is su...
Okay, I have decided the only way I can do what I want to do with WiX (thanks to an old installer I didn't write that I now have to upgrade) is with some CUSTOM ACTIONS. Basically, I need to back up a file before the RemoveExistingProducts and restore that file again after RemoveExistingProducts. I think this is what's called a "type 2...
When I'm uninstalling my product directory where custom action binary was placed stays. How can I delete it. Also strange named directory is created on installation - unistallation: "RSCustomActions.CA.dll-" and "RSCustomActions.CA.dll-0" (my binary name RSCustomActions.CA.dll) My WIX code is <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDi...
I have a main product which is installed using Wix and has its own UpgradeCode In between releases of the main product we sometimes release plug-ins which add or patch some functionality. The plug-ins are packaged in their own Wix generated .msi files with their own UpgradeCodes and generally install addition files is a separate folder ...
I have a WIX project that is creating an MSI to install an Excel VSTO application, including desktop shortcuts to launch the application. The installation and shortcut creation is working fine. But I need to be able to launch the application by executing the shortcut after the installation has completed. I've seen guides on how to ...
Hi I am Mahesh, I have created and installed a setup using wix. Now, I am looking to add a scheduled task which should run on install of the setup. But the schedule is not getting created after I run the install. I tried the same code in the commandline and was able to generate a scheduled task. But not successfull in wix. please help ...
I'm trying to close a process before uninstallation using Wix. I've confirmed that it works as long as there's a visible window, but if there isn't a visible window (which is the case most of the time with this app since it's a system tray app), the uninstaller just hangs, and eventually continues with the uninstallation, leaving the pro...
I am creating an installer for my program using WiX (Windows Installer XML). I have used the following code to begin using the built-in WixUI Dialog Sets: <Product ...> <UIRef Id="WixUI_FeatureTree" /> </Product> This, however, creates a dialog set with horizontal lines that are just a little bit too short on every dialog as shown h...
I have an msi (authored with WIX) that has a check box bound to a custom property (call it MY_PROPERTY). I would like to run this msi from the command line, specifying 0 (unchecked) or 1 (checked) for this property. My script will determine the appropriate value (based on the environment) and inject that value into the msiexec command ...
The documentation on the various WiX sites (Sourceforge or Codeplex) is a little unclear. Is it the case that only version 3.5 (still in beta) of WiX will integrate with Visual Studio 2010 (i.e. allow me to add and edit a WiX project in a solution)? ...
In the WIX setup I've got, when upgrading the application I have set a requirement to close down applications which might hold on to files which needs to be updated: <util:CloseApplication Id="CloseMyApp" Target="[MyAppExe]" CloseMessage="yes" Description="!(loc.MyAppStillRunning)" RebootPrompt="no" ElevatedClos...
<Binary Id="binUpdate" SourceFile="c:\xxx\Update.exe"/> <CustomAction Id="Update" BinaryKey="binUpdate" Execute="deferred" ExeCommand="c:\xxx" /> When I build a Wix project with the above custom action, it complains that "The system cannot find the file 'C:\xxx\Update.exe". This update.exe is deployed by the same msi. So, how do I ma...
Is it possible to have a conditional installation configuration, slaved wth the Visual Studio configuration environment? For example, selecting DEBUG or RELEASE configuration, Wix selects different executables in the built installation. Basically I shall build different installations from the same projects, but they differs by the comp...
Continuing a previous question I asked here, I now need to move to vs2010. I've gotten the most recent weekly build of WiX 3.5, the June 5th 2010 version. Here's the relevant lines from my installer: <ItemGroup> <BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.4.0"> <ProductName>.NET Framework 4.0</ProductNam...
I have a solution with 2 projects: My Application 1.2.54 (C# WinForms) My Application Setup 1.0.0.0 (WiX Setup) I would like to add a post-build event to the WiX Setup project to run a batch file and pass it a command line parameter of My Application's assembly version number. The code may look something like this: CALL MyBatchFile....