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WiX v5: Install driver using dpinst
I have looked through similar questions on the forum and have found no solution to my problem.
I am trying to call dpinst using a custom action and get the error: "Error 1721. There is a problem ...
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Msiexec.exe /norestart parameter not working
I have a problem starting a process to execute installation of specified installer in quiet mode with no restart.
This is my code:
public int InstallUpdate(string installerLocation)
{
Process p = ...
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How to compile WixSharp Managed Actions
First, thank you for this fine piece of work. I cannot for the life of me figure out why I cannot get a SINGLE custom action in WixSharp to compile. Here a very trimmed down example of code which ...
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NSIS Progress Bar Appearing Behind Status Bar in Korean,Japanese and Chinese OS Languages
I'm working on an NSIS installer and encountered an issue where the progress bar appears behind the bottom bar (status bar) when the installer is running in Korean,Japanese and Chinese OS Languages.
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Automatically pull correct .NET runtime installer into my WiX installer?
I'm creating a WiX installer for a multi-process application where several of those processes use .NET 8. I need to include the .NET 8 desktop runtime installer because the end users cannot be ...
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Windows Forms 4.8 dialog modal works in Visual Studio 2022 IDE but not after being installed via MSI
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bindingSource.CurrentChanged event seems to fire OK during IDE debugging, but, not in the final installed, 'Release'-compiled application - other event handlers seem to behave as desired.
Goal:
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Custom Action prevents .msi upgrade
I created an msi for an application that relies on a deferred custom action to do a few necessary things.
<CustomAction Id="MyCustomAction" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" Execute=&...
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How to make my application compatible for windows RestartManager?
Is there any good article that explains more about RestartManager and how to make the applications aware and handle the special messages in order to shutdown properly?
I have two applications that are ...
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WiX v4 properties set in ui not being resolved in Custom Action
I have the following problem:
I have a custom deferred action which should run a powershell command, but it does not resolve the properties given in the value attribute of my SetProperty element.
I ...
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VS 2022 installer project - The shortcut gets installed but doesn't work, it doesn't launch the associated .exe
The Target is HAcomms.exe in the Application Folder directory. Everything looks right, but the icon that gets installed has an invalid target:
The target is just "HAcomms" which is not &...
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WIX How to execute custom action that runs installed file with admin priveleges
In a Windows Installer msi package, created with WIX, I want to execute a custom action (written in c#) that executes a powershell script file that is installed by the installer.
The script needs ...
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Setup project broken after update to VS2022 17.10
Over a year ago I started building a tool for internal use and distribute it through an MSI and setup.exe (the setup.exe is necessary to check if the current version is already installed or if an ...
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Packaging a java 8 - maven - javafx 22 application
I read an article here and understood that there are differences between packaging JavaFX 11 and Java 11, from my project. However, I still don't know how to do it with my project.
Mine is built in ...
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WiX v4 bootstrapper - setting the InstallFolder to program files doesn't resolve
I have a WiX v4 project which uses a bootstrapper, declared in a <Bundle>. I want to set the default InstallFolder based on the program files folder, so I've structured it like this:
<Wix ...&...
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Attempting to perform a major upgrade with Installshield 2022 behaves as a downgrade
I am attempting to create an installer to upgrade my software to version 2.0.0.0 using InstallShield 2022.
I have changed the Product Version from 1.0.38 to 2.0.0.0, got a new GUID for the Product ...
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Building wix bundle overwrites package
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I am making an installer for a web app build on asp.net 8. I started with just doing an msi installer (Package) with a custom UI. I then wanted to also include the installers for the dotnet ...
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con't install .msi in windows
i am getting this alert when i try to install .msi file.. whats wrong?
i am trying to install this https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi
its not just this msi it seems like i have an issue with ...
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VisualStudio 2022 CRT MergeModules overwrites newer msvcp140.dll
My C++ application is built with Visual Studio 2022 v17.4, which has MSVC tools 14.34.31933, and then Windows installation package .MSI is created with WiX Toolset.
Product.wxs file contains the lines ...
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How to run Delphi silent installer on a machine that has no valid license?
I want to install Delphi 11 automatically. I use a .cmd script to start the installer in silent mode, and perform some additional tasks. It works if Delphi was already installed because it finds the ....
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[Wix Toolset][Wix5] "You must install .NET Desktop Runtime to run this application"
I have a Wix v5 msi and bootstrapper (.exe) project.
When I install the MSI and try to run the installed application (.exe) it keeps saying: "You must install .NET Desktop Runtime to run this ...
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How do I recompile a MSI and change it's configurations files?
I have a MSI that installs a Zabbix Agent 2, and their documentations states that in order for us to install custom plugins we need to:
Copy the plugin into the MSI packages;
Edit configurationfiles ...
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MSI installer temporary name in UAC: How to change using 'Set-AuthenticodeSignature'?
I have the same problem as the following questions, i.e. wix created, and signed msi installer is displaying its random name while in UAC. BUT I am not using the SignTool to sign, rather the Set-...
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is it possible to add a link to MUI_LICENSEPAGE_TEXT_BOTTOM?
I am attempting to add a hyperlink to the bottom text of the license page.
For example:
!define MUI_LICENSEPAGE_TEXT_BOTTOM "Click this link -> http://www.google.com/"
!insertmacro ...
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I am facing a problem while updating the Tauri app.exe icon
In tauri.conf.json in bundle I have updated all icons but still app.exe file is not showing the icons. Is there any other way to update the icon?
In tauri.conf.json
"icon": [
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Unable to perform actions on UNC path / network drive
I'm trying to create an installer with WiX that has a step that writes to a network drive via a UNC path, but no matter what I do, I run into the error "Could not access network location":
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