Category "windows-installer"

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

How to execute MSI file on Github Actions (windows-latest runner)

Context I created a Github Actions workflow that generates a .msi file that I wan't to execute afterwards to test if the application is working as expected. The