Although making the appropriate shortcut during installation is the best answer
normally - If it isn't working this way could you create the per user shortcut
a different way after installation completes. Maybe Active Directory policy or
power shell during logon or
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I just had to do this for one of our projects.
I temporarily changed the file being downgraded from being its own component to
being a dependency of another component. After we did our release I put the
component rules back so it is unique in future changes.
Original Component section:
On the whole, an ini file is best created on the first run of the application.
This avoids the whole - user context and folder privilege challenge since ini's
often have user specific settings they should be stored per user and not per
application
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From: Lars [mailto
The key is the context installation is being executed in and where that context
has rights.
If you run elevated the install won't have access to your personal store. If
you run personal the install may not have access to the root store
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From: Roni Fuchs [mailto:ro...@
Windows Installer can remove the bootstrapper for you. Use the Windows
Installer FindRelatedProducts action with the bootstrappers UPGRADECODE and
version.
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From: Mihailo Milenković [mailto:mihailo.milenko...@pstech.rs]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 4:08 AM
To: w
Should run.
Have a good weekend
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DCS IT Operations
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Things that have bitten me in the past:
Is the same user ID doing the original install and the upgrade.
The user is not an admin
The HKLM key is per machine - the per user key would be under HKCU
The Windows installer service only recognizes 3 positions of version number
x.x.xxx
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Or - get the specific VSTO version you built your bundle against and either
embed it in the bundle or provide your own download link
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From: darbid [mailto:davidbo...@gmx.de]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 2:28 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users
Can the answer be as simple as when you schedule RemoveExistingProducts?
Bob Arnson made this post on his blog that really helped me:
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/01/16/major-upgrades-now-easier-than-ever/
It includes a link back to MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371197%28VS.
My experiences is the bootstrapper captures info on the signature or hash of
files it is to manage installation of. You have to assemble the content, up
the bootstrapper version number and re-compile every time any of the bundles
change.
This is a good thing as it ensures cohesion of release
I get the same behavior from builds with both Wix 3,7 and 3.8
The only entry if ARP is for the bundle
Burn bundle 1.0 installs 2 msi packages.
Burn bundle 1.1 has 1 msi upgraded and leaves the other one unchanged. The
bundle is a MajorUpgrade and the upgrade code is unchanged.
I expect to see t
After fighting the default OS locations I finally convinced others around here
that going with what the OS wants for directory structure is much simpler to do
and more stable and takes fewer steps of code.
I have a suggestion that may help and is more stable than a custom action.
Set a property
After trying several variations I ended where you have. With common components
in a single MSI that goes with several bundles.
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From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 12:29 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Inst
Coincidentally I just read this section of Robert Dickau's tips page
http://www.robertdickau.com/msi_tips.html#unfix
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From: Simon Gerhold [mailto:simon.gerh...@cetis.si]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:14 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] H
I'm not familiar with WixEdit but I use Heat frequently and find it to be very
solid. If you want the same output from both tools I'd go with Heat.
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From: Chaitanya Sanapala [PC-BLR-DEV] [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 12:18 AM
To: WiX
You can't do that.
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From: Parkes, Kevin [mailto:kevin.par...@wacom.eu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:02 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] DirectorySearch
I need to install a file into the 64-bit Program Files folder from a 32-bit MSI.
I k
e Digital Signatures tab, click the Details button, does it
say the certificate is valid?
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From: Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) [mailto:bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:24 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subjec
with Windows updates,
specifically looking for the root certificate updates.
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From: Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) [mailto:bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 3:15 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: [WiX-users]
We have a burn bundle of 3 msi payloads. 1 is compressed the other 2 are
external. All created with Wix 3.7.1224
The msi are all signed as they build and all install per machine
When installing to XP from a network share while logged on as an admin.
Burn fails if I sign the bundle (insignia and
wixlibs.
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From: Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) [mailto:bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov]
Sent
We have about 20 fragments with MSIPackages or EXEPackages in them. I need to
build several Bundles that have some of these Fragments in common. How can I
refer to them without actually having to add the wxs fragments to each Bundle
project. It would be handy to have 1 solution, with all of th
FYI - The Wix Toolset (3.7) still compiles msi and burn packages on XP with
either the command line tools or via VS2010.
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:54 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
XP may be on its deathbed but some of us have to support it and will for quite
a while.
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From: David G. van Hoose [mailto:david.g.vanho...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:20 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users]
Why would you put a element under an or an ?
Payload seems redundant when it's the child of one of the other elements,
particularly if the MSIPackage has the cab embedded in the msi file.
Blaine Wheeler
Department of Social and Health Services
Project Coordinator
SEMS Operations
360.664.541
e site for information on how to use it. There was also a recent discuss
on wix-devs about it.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) <
bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov> wrote:
> I want to create a self updating setup.exe with Burn. I hope that
> using the element of the Bu
h to JSON if I should pull the important
information into there... however, IE renders ATOM really nicely, ala:
http://wixtoolset.org/releases/feed/v3.8
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) <
bwhee...@dshs.wa.gov> wrote:
> I want to create a self updating setup.e
I want to create a self updating setup.exe with Burn. I hope that using the
element of the Bundle with Wix 3.7 will work. The Help says this
piece wasn't working yet but it looks like you use it for Wix updates. True?
Is there a reason you use a feed or was it just convenience?
My plan:
Set
The MSI documentation says that error 2109 mean "Section missing for
.ini action"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372835(v=VS.85).aspx
There is probably a note higher up in the log that can tell you more
detail or at least the exact step
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From: Justin Hull [mai
Do you have the IISExtension name space included at the top?
It should look something like this
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";
xmlns:iis="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension";
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From: Ulrich Peters [mailto:upet...@mindquake.com.br]
Sent: Th
Congratulations
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:07 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] WiX v3.5 released!
WiX v3.5 Released! Tell your friends. Read more here:
http://bit.
Why not give your partner a merge-module or wixlib. That way he is can
control which version of your product goes with which version of his and
it solves the logo problem
Your build consumes the same thing you give the partner and then adds
your logo
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From: MeCoco [mai
It seems to me that the answer, and path you take lies in your audience.
If you have control of your systems I expect the XP machines already
have .Net 2 because so many applications require it. This gives you
the chance to poll the path/configuration managers and learn what they
have put in pla
Choosing the drive with the largest available space is a function of the
Windows Installer, not Wix.
You can set the ROOTDRIVE property if you are certain where you
application should go.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371372(v=VS.85).aspx
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From: Prabhat_IE [
, Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) wrote:
>
C:\delivery\Dev\wix35_public\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\ResumeDlg.wxs(18
> ) : error LGHT0197 : The Windows Installer XML variable
> !(wix.WixUICostingPopupOptOut) is unknown. Please ensure the variable
> is declared on the command line for ligh
Candle succeeded but when I run light with the WixUIExtension I get this
error. I don't have a
c:\deliviery\Dev\Wix30_public\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib folder on my
machine. Was there a problem with creating build 3.5.2020?
OutPut
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.5.202
Run the EXE and when the dialog displays - leave it open an search your
temp folder for the newest folder and files. The msi should be in there
someplace
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From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 5:03 PM
To: General discussion f
The ExecuteMode switch also helps a lot.
msiexec /I MySetup.msi /l*v log.txt ExecuteMode="None"
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From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:10 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject:
I just ran across this http://www.wix.com/
Blaine Wheeler
SEMS Operations
360.664.5416
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of some totally new development."
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I don't think you'd get a downgrade you would like. I think you would
end up with a mush of the two slightly different versions of the
application because of the component versions.
Example:
V1 - has component 21 with ver 1.1.27
V2 - has component 21 with ver 1.2.0
You try to reinstall V1 and
Here is how we do it.
1. We had to get a 'code signers certificate'. There are many vendors;
Verisign, Thawte, Comodo or one of the competitors. If your company
already has a certificate, you are saved from much frustration. If not,
Comodo has very good instructions about installing the key and
I'm trying to convert a VB6 msi build from Wise to Wix and ran afoul of
Heat and Tallow and trying to tell which of the Reg entries it extracts
matter to the wxs fragment.
Research led me to the June 07 thread in the Wix forum between
Richard.Foster, Neil Sleightholm, Mark Cheyne and others
Another way is to install your utility with the msi, write a RunOnce
registry key with the command for the utility and then ScheduleReboot.
A dialog explaining the need to reboot to finish is nicer than
ForceReboot
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I'd like to read your notes but unfortunately this link doesn't work for
me. http://john.mcfadyen.spaces.live.com
I concur with your views on Windows Installer and count myself very
lucky to build installs in a closed environment where we control the OS,
the installer on has to know 1 language and
I use the well known user "Authenticated Users" in one of our products
and it seems to work fine. But we are in XP and I haven't had a chance
to see if it will work in Vista.
(Sorry for accidentally including the link in my last post)
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I use the well known user "Authenticated Users" in one of our products
and it seems to work fine. But we are in XP and I haven't had a chance
to see if it will work in
Vistahttp://www.dcs.dshs.wa.gov/dcs/semsops/prioritizationteam.asp
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the old values in
a DB or log file. What are others doing?
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Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:26 AM
To: Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS)
Cc: WiX Users
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Preventing upgrades for version
My MSI works perfectly in the default but I can't figure out how to get
the msi to show a folder selection dialog to do an Admin install.
My command line says: "msiexec.exe /a mymsi.msi"
Do I have to author my own dialog or is there already one in the WIx
Source Files I can add using ?
I'm usi
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