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If this is a repeat question, please direct me to the existing solution. I wasn't able to find a matching query.
We currently use InstallShield. I'm attempting to covert a project with 407 files to a WiX3 installation package. I tried using heat.exe to do some of the automation but I get the following…
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I've been playing around with Wix, making a little app with auto-generated installer and three versions to test the upgradability, 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0.
1.1 is meant to be able to upgrade from 1.0, and not to allow the user to install 1.1 if 1.1 is already present.
<Upgrade Id="F30C4129-F14E-43ee-BD5E-03AA89AD8E07">
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I'm using Wix to create an installer for a Silverlight application.
When I install the application the virtual directory that has been created has the execute permission checked for the *.dll handler mapping (IIS 7 Web site VDir Handler Mappings *.dll Edit Feature Permissions Execute)…
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I've got a Wix project made up of several fragments. One of those fragments has the database components, another has a component that manipulates xml files.
When I include the XmlFile element to manipulate a file, the databases defined by the SqlDatabase do not get created. If I comment out the…
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I'm referencing a WiX extension in a WiX library project. This WiX library project is itself referenced by my main WiX MSI project. Why does the main project have to also reference the WiX extension, even though it doesn't directly need it?
I'd like to keep my wixlib's as self-contained as possible…
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I created an MSI InstalScript Project where i deploy a web based (ASP.NET) precompiled project copying the files during installation in the \inetpub\wwwroot\projectnamefolder, creating an AppPool and the virtual dir of course in the IIS. The setup works great in windows
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Has anyone been able to get Windows Installer to use the InstallUISequence table during removal?
I started with an MSI file produced by the Visual Studio msi builder, decompiled it into WiX source code and handcrafted it, but I cannot get the installer to use my UI during removal. It insists…
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Trying to install a Silverlight Update, a Java update or other software, I get this window:
[img]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6228/capturewq.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7798/capturelu.jpg[/img]
What could be the problem ?
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My daughter uses Word and at some point in the past tried to install a feature which needed the install CD. She no longer has the CD, figured she could live without the feature and cancelled the install.
However, every time she boots the computer it tries to resume the install and asks for the CD…
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I have a WIX installer that executes Custom Actions over the course of install. When I run the WIX installer, and it encounters its first Custom Action, the installer fails out, and I receive an error in the MSI log as follows:
Action start 12:03:53: LoadBCAConfigDefaults.
SFXCA: Extracting…
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