Category "windows-installer"

Suppress Publisher has been verified dialog popup for power point addin

I am installing PowerPoint add-in using a Wix installer. When I install with the default path then the "Publisher has been verified" popup does not display but

how to add "Choose Components" page in NSIS (using macro with .nsh)

I'm using electron-builder. Here I can customise nsis script with pre-defined macros. (https://www.electron.build/configuration/nsis#custom-nsis-script) accordi

How to migrate from InstallShield to Visual Studio Installer Projects

I have an application in VS 2015, and I am using Visual Studio Installer Projects to generate the installer. On each new version, I change the Version and the P

VS 2022 Setup Project Uninstall Registry Key - InstallSource = Package Cache

My IT dept. is telling me that usually apps copy the install MSI to ProgramData\PackageCache and updates the registry key to point to this location. They want m

Install MSI on remote computer using Powershell

I am trying to write a Powershell script which will deploy software on a collection of WS2016 servers. I am a local administrator on all these servers. Here's w

Is there a way to exclude document files from the installation folder for vb.net project?

I have created a windows form application using vb.net 2019, and everything seems fine until I found out that an .xml document which contains confidential files

How to install application Updates on multiple windows machine using any tool or script [closed]

I have around 100 windows machine(VMs), All the machines have few updates for chrome , notepad/notepad++ , Firefox ,Jenkins which have not b

Jenkins failed to start - Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services

When installing Jenkins (LTS) on windows 10 via the installer, after choosing the JDK folder - an error pops when the service is trying to start. The error read

$(TargetPath) for WiX project is incorrect for the post-build event

I'm using $(TargetPath) for post-build event for my WiX installer, that is built under VS 2022, and it is translated to: C:\projects\My project\Installer\instal

Not able to register and unregister .dll file through electron-builder custom NSIS include script

I have created a electron desktop app and created a installer using electron-builder. Now I want to add capability of registering a .dll file at the time of ins

How to customize icon for Wix custom bootstrapper

I want to use different icons for my setup.exe (top-leftmost corner of the installer window) and Add/Remove Programs. In my Bundle.wxs, I used <Bundle ... Ic

How can I make a set up file to install my Sinhala Keyboard using Keyman Developer?

I have developed a Sinhala Keyboard using Keyman Developer 14.290. I have compiled it to a 'KMP' package file. I use it in my computer and shared with several f

Program triggered by msi can not create xml files on network volume

I have a HMI program that uses xml files for some machine specific settings. Theese xml files are stored on the machine itself while the HMI is running on a com

Adding launch conditions to Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects (check app is running)

I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects for my Hybrid Widndows Forms/WPF project. I need to make sure the user has closed the Application (an older

Redirect stdout from Executable Custom Action to MSI log

I have a Custom Action that runs an executable within an msi installer package. The exe is compiled as a console application and stdouts necessary info. I want

How to disable a particular CustomAction for previously installed version during an upgrade installation with MSI database?

I have a package whose previously installed versions contain a series of poorly designed custom actions: they do stuff that can be done out of the box. Thus I'm

Chained Installation

Consider a case where I have installshield software which installs a .msi through chained installation. Let's say it's Setup-1. Now I have another setup Setup-2

How can I find the product GUID of an installed MSI setup?

I need to find the product GUID for an installed MSI file in order to perform maintenance such as patching, uninstall (how-to uninstall) and also for auditing p

wix toolset bootstrapper msipackage incorrect detect state

I am creating vsto installer by wix toolset. Bundle.wxs <Chain> <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx40Web" /> <PackageGroupRef Id="PG_VSTORuntime" />

Getting MSI Summary Information

i want to get the MSI Summary Information with PowerShell i found several scripts and code snippets for opening the "normal" Tables of MSI. So here is my questi