[WiX-users] WIX to install Services, but upgrade resets username/password

I've got a component with a windows service executable (it's the Key), and a tag as follows: The problem is, when I put out a new version (not an upgrade package, but "upgrading" via a fresh product GUID), the settings to the service are set back to default. My desired behavior is that if t

[WiX-users] Run SQL Express 2005 install as WiX Component

Does anyone know how I can run a SQL Express installation (or another setup.exe) as a WiX component? Thanks in advance for you help. Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R)

Re: [WiX-users] Make User Run exe when the msi is run

I talk through this problem here: http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/08/22/712812.aspx -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig0ss Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 07:30 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] M

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble when linking to non-English languages

Thank, Bob. I will try that at some point. In the meantime I've just linked the .wxl language files (from http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/loc/index.php) explicitly using the -loc option and that seems to work. Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Se

Re: [WiX-users] Question about an MSI failure...

There doesnt' seem to be much out there on this the most releveant thread I've found so far is: http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=168328&highlight=SRSetRestorePoint The assumption was an underlying system restore problem not really a bad package. However a poster

[WiX-users] Registry problems

I'm currently using WiX 3, and I'm trying to register an OCX, but I'm having problems with it. First of all, I'm trying to register and .OCX that is already in the computer, and not included on the package itself. Is that possible? Second of all, I'm trying to register an .OCX, in the HKCR, but it

[WiX-users] Question about an MSI failure...

This does not appear to be a WiX issue, but I figured I would bounce this here to see if anyone has hit this before. My installs are failing intermittently, though I don't know the exact frequency since it's happened 3 out of 4 installs. Here's the pertinent information from the MSI log of 5859 l

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Re: [WiX-users] Make User Run exe when the msi is run

You can use the Installed property to cause override the behavior once it's been installed. Craig0ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi there I have now got this working fine, however i now have a problem on uninstall. When i go to add remove programs and try to uninstall my app from there, the ap

Re: [WiX-users] Make User Run exe when the msi is run

hi there I have now got this working fine, however i now have a problem on uninstall. When i go to add remove programs and try to uninstall my app from there, the app trys to start the .msi and obviously that wont work because of the launch conditonm i get the error "Please run from the exe" whi

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut created with a .bat doesn't work

Ps: Starting the installed batch file in the explorer by doubleclick works fine. Peter > But they do not work. The target property in shortcut properties table > contains only > the name of the shortcut (myApp) instead of the full path of the > batch file. After doubleclick on the shortcut a c

[WiX-users] Shortcut created with a .bat doesn't work

Hi, I have created shortcuts by The shortcuts have been created with the right icon, everything ok. But they do not work. The target property in shortcut properties table contains only the name of the shortcut (myApp) instead of the full path of the batch file. After doublecl

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Condition based on Feature Selected

MSI/WiX doesn't handle this very well natively. LaunchConditions really only describe conditions that must evaluate for an Install to `Launch`. What you are describing is what I've come to call `Feature Constraints`. You could use the Condition table to hide features that aren't installabl

[WiX-users] Launch Condition based on Feature Selected

I am doing a registry search to ensure that a certain key is present before progressing with the installation. However this key is only required for 1 of my 3 features. Therefore if feature X is selected then my install should only progress if the registry key is present, for example

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade... again

We use a bootstrapper that we wrote ourselves, but if you search this list for "bootstrapper" you should find recommendations from others. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: Anton Filippov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:18 AM To: Brian Simoneau Cc:

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Newbie questions

Walter Boggs wrote: > I reverse engineered an MSI created by someone else into a wxs file > using dark. The wxs shows all sorts of files from Windows\System, SDK > folders and other places, as well as a bunch of system-level registry > entries. Is my installer really going to include all that? I