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How can I make my VS2008 x86 installer install x64 assemblies on x64?
I'm using the VS2008 installer (plus a custom Orca action) to create an installer for my .NET product.
I just recently found out that one of the third-party assemblies I was using is x86-specific (as ...
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Make WiX installation set upgrade to the same folder
How can I make a major upgrade to an installation set (MSI) built with WiX install into the same folder as the original installation?
The installation is correctly detected as an upgrade, but the ...
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What are the advantages of installing programs in AppData like Google Chrome?
I just noticed that Chromium was installed in AppData in both Vista and XP. If Google does that and if other applications does this, than is that becuase there is some form of protection? Should we ...
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What does the EXE do in the Visual Studio setup project output
We are working on a winforms app in Visual Studio 2005 and the setup project we created output both an MSI and an EXE. We aren't sure what the EXE file is used for because we are able to install ...
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Installer changes PATH variable, changes don't show up in Command Shell
I added a custom install action to my installer to add one of my installation directories to the System PATH environment variable. After I run the installer, the PATH variable reflects the changes (...
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Pushing out MSI files
I have a product which has been traditionally shipped as an MSI file. It is deployed through some sort of SMS push to thousands of desktops by our various clients. The software we use to create ...
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best practice for releasing Microsoft dll's in setup
I'm working on a setup which wants to include the Microsoft.Web.Services3 (WSE 3.0) DLL. However, I typically do not like including Microsoft DLL's in our installs except by way of Microsoft's ...
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Visual Studio Setup Project Custom Dialog
I have created a custom dialog for Visual Studio Setup Project using the steps described
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Now I have a combobox in one of my dialogs. I want to populate the combobox with a list of all SQL Server ...
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