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Embed multiple cabinets with Wix v4
I have a MSI installer created with Wix v4 which has grown in size and now is bigger than 2GB. Now, it does not work any more because of it.
Indeed, Wix outputs the following warning:
warning WIX1158: ...
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Unable to fully remove MAUI workloads - msiexec issues
My Maui .NET8 workloads on Windows 11 got trashed, so now I am following the troubleshooting guide to try to completely remove MAUI and get a fresh start:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/...
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adding a warning message to jpackage installer
Is there a way to display a warning message to .msi file created by jpackage?
If user confirms the warning message of the installation, it will continue otherwise it will exit.
I didn't find any ...
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Upgrade without UpgradeCode with MSI
I have a maschine where a software is installed which was created using InstallShield and the project doesn't contain UpgradeCode. I got to know that the UpgradeCodes were never assigned. If I were to ...
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Issues signing MSI file using YubiKey Manager with .crt certificate (not with a .PFX)
I have been trying to sign my MSI file using YubiKey Manager with a .crt cert (not a PFX due to recent CAB and Sectigo's rules) but couldn't find a good way to make it work.
I have followed these ...
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Installbuilder - sign uninstaller
I have an issue where the file produced by the installbuilder gets signed but not its corresponding uninstaller. Anyone who might have an idea on how to solve this?
https://releases.installbuilder.com/...
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How to uninstall silent a MSI package?
I have a .msi setup program, built with the WiX Toolset.
After installing this package, I can use the Windows Explorer to uninstall it, by a right click to the .msi file, choosing "uninstall"...
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MSI Installer for an Electron application using Blazor Server App
As I am new to electron and blazor, I am not sure how to create an MSI installer for an electron application
I have created an Electron application from a basic Hello World Blazor server app using ....
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How do I pass a value taken in package builder to MSI package?
I have a windows package builder where I am passing the LTEXT control value from the UI. An MSI file is created by the package builder. How do I pass a value to the MSI?
I tried setting the registry ...
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Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for Entrust Certificate Pickup
I am using Entrust to generate a code signing certificate for a C# .Net project. Entrust requires us to use Amazon KMS or CloudHSM to securely store the certificate and private key, but I cannot ...
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Unable to Find Python 3.8.17 Windows Installation Package for Windows 7
I am a beginner in Python and I recently encountered an issue while trying to find the Python 3.8 installation package on the official Python website. My target system is Windows 7, so I cannot use ...
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-Wait and -Passthru "gets ignored" if the executed msi installer asks for permission initially
I'm trying to make a script for checking in a PC have a certain application with the right version already installed in it (MySQL 8.0.32 in my case), and execute a predownloaded msi file to install it ...
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Environmental variables in Wix, where are the binary files
I have version WiX 4.0.3, I can't find the binary files to add them to the PATH for WiX 4.0.3. Where can I find them?
Can someone help me?
The console returns:
` Running candle.exe
[11:39:19.574] jdk....
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Executing Powershell Script Silently using WixQuietExec
I'm new to using WixToolset, I'm trying to execute a ps1 file using WixQuietExec - https://wixtoolset.org/docs/v3/customactions/qtexec/. The ps1 script works in general if I execute it directly using ...
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How should I handle a Windows Media Feature Pack dependency from an installer?
I've recently updated a Windows desktop application from having a dependency on OpenCV 3 to OpenCV 4, and have discovered that OpenCV versions 3.4 and above, on Windows, have a dependency on ...
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.MSI Launch Multiple EXE's After Installation
There already exists a good solution to causing a .MSI to launch a single EXE at the very end of installation. The programmer creates a Javascript file that is executed by Visual Studio as a POST-...
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How to install exe via the wixsharp installer
My question is not necessarily on wixsharp but may you know to help. Like, maybe i'm using the wrong project type etc.
Im using ManagedProject of wix sharp.
During the my installer I'd like to install ...
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WinUI and WiX installer
Can we use WiX toolset to create a installer for a WinUI app? I've found documentation for creating an installer for Windows Forms project but is it possible for a WinUI app?
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Powershell Select-Object -ExpandProperty returning all attributes for newly-installed applications rather than the specific attribute requested
I have a powershell script used for rapid installation/upgrade and configuration of a suite of applications on Server 2019. Part of the process involves retrieval of the version numbers of the ...
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How to make a shortcut with Wix v4 Heat Harvesting?
I am trying to create a shortcut from an exe to the StartMenuFolder and DesktopFolder using Wix v4 for a Heat Harvested application.
Using this, my desired behavior is that I can add a Shortcut to an ...
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WIX ToolSet Conditional logic ignored
I am having some trouble trying to perform automatic installations after a registry search to see installed versions of specific software. This custom action should then set a conditional variable to &...
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MSI Embedded UI - How do I change the states of features?
I have a .msi installer with Embedded UI on WPF. Everything works!
Except for one thing.. I can't figure out how to change the request state of the features. When receiving information about a ...
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Wix Installer showing 0x80070001: Failed while caching [duplicate]
I am creating the Desktop application exe installer using Wix application. First I am creating MSI using Wix and then I am creating the exe installer using WixBootstrapper project. created exe ...
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How to Add UI to installer for wix v4 (HeatWave for VS2022 FireGiant)
I recently started working on wix v4 for creating msi installers for our applications, currently am facing issue regarding adding ui in installer. I am using the visual studio plugin for wix v4 (...
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Error on creating a .wxs file for Wix Toolset 4.0.1
I'm completely new on this and I'm trying to create a .wxs file to create a .msi installer for a .dll that I created.
I've checked Wix documentation and asked help for chatgpt as well, but no success ...