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Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit newsgroup.
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What can go wrong if msi installations will be patched with xcopy?
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Hi, I try to use as much as possible MSI based installations for our software products. Now colleagues have implemented a patch tool which updates installed products (1st install by msi) with an batch-file. They update several files, kill running processes, stop/restart services, execute sql scripts and register com servers with this tool.... more »
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Tooltips won't show when MsiInstallProduct employed
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Hello, I have made a simple MSI package which shows a dialog with single editbox. The Help column of the editbox in the Control table contains "Nonsensical tooltip text.|" (export below). Dialog_ Control Type X Y Width Height Attributes Property Text Control_Next Help TooltipTestDlg Edit Edit 10 10 80 17 3 EditProperty Text Close Nonsensical... more »
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Error 2755
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Can someone help with the following error. MSI (c) (D8:8C) [17:35:38:343]: Note: 1: 2755 2: 1 3: C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\ Temp\00003abe\VMware Tools.msi DEBUG: Error 2755: Server returned unexpected error 1 attempting to install package C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\ Temp\00003abe\VMware Tools.msi.... more »
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How to find the ProductCode of one installed app.msi
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I developed one app.msi to intall one app. And I need to develop one bootstraper.exe to retrieve the ProductCode of previously installed app outside the MSI. Some one suggested me to use MsiOpenDatabase/MsiViewExecute . Could you please give me an example how to use it?
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER vs HKCU
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Hi all, I was laid off from my workplace, but since called back and I am once again working on their installs. In my absence, user configuration registry keys were moved from HKCU to HCU. This was done because a large company evaluating our software for purchase did not like Windows Installer self repair behavior when our app was initiated.... more »
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Where did the "please wait..." message in setup.exe go?
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I have an installer which consists of a setup.exe and an msi file both of which are located on a web server. When running the setup.exe there used to be a “please wait...” message box that appeared while downloading the msi file from the server. Now, there is no longer a message box. The setup program just disappears until the msi is... more »
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Microsoft Patch File format PA19
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Hi, If I download a microsoft patch. E.g. WindowsXP-KB971557-x86-ENU.exe I wish to be able to list the files that it patches, and also get it to patch an individual file of my choosing. For example, Say I have a file: Avifil32.dll that this windows patch happens to modify. I would like to put the avifil32.dll that came with the XP install media in... more »
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CustomAction help
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Hello, [VS 2003 Setup/Deployment project, Win Installer v2.0, C++] I need some advice on CustomActions. My deployment project currently has a CA during the install phase, which users enter a product key to verify they are legitimate owners of the software. When the product key is verified, the CA places an entry in the registry, which is referenced every... more »
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Redistibuting ATL only
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My application requires ATL90.dll to run, and I'm not using MSI as installer. So, I have to install vcredist_x86.exe on the target machine before I install my application. My application is quite small, so I don't want the installation to grow 1.8 mb more because of one Dll. I've read the article... more »
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How to resove "Error 2872: The argument of the CheckPath control event Invalid"
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Hi, I am facing issue with Wix 3.0 InstallDirDlg, WixUI_InstallDir. I renamed the above two files id like this InstallDirDlg - InstallDirDlg_MY WixUI_InstallDir -WixUI_InstallDir_MY and changed following <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR_MY" Value="INSTALLDIR" /> <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir_MY"/> and in WixUI_InstallDir_MY changed at following places:-... more »
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