Wix - Where do I install Windows features

Question

I'm using the following code to install Windows features (like the IIS) within my msi-setup which also installs my wcf services.

<Property Id="INSTALLIISPROP" Value="C:\Windows\System32\dism.exe"></Property>
<CustomAction Id="InstallIISCA" Return="check" Property="INSTALLIISPROP" Execute="deferred" HideTarget="yes"  Impersonate="yes"
      ExeCommand="/online /enable-feature /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole /featurename:IIS-WebServerManagementTools /featurename:IIS-ManagementConsole" ></CustomAction>
<InstallExecuteSequence>
  <Custom Action="InstallIISCA" Before="InstallFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>

Working fine, except that I need the IIs to be already installed during the service installation (to get a list of the installed websides, ect. in the UI). I created a secound Setup Project and put the code in there but it only executes my command if I include a dummy file:

<Fragment>
    <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
         <Component Id="ProductComponent" Guid="ff876420-51ed-4bfc-bfd0-167a6333bf5e">
     <File Id="Product.wxs" Source="Product.wxs" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/>
         </Component>
    </ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>

Also I don't want a secound item in my "installed applications" list. Where would be the "normal" position for this? Can I execute my command direct from the Bootstrapper? Or can I execute the Custiom Action before the UI is loaded and any conditions are checked?

<Chain >
    <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx45Web"/>
    <MsiPackage SourceFile="ServiceSetup.msi" EnableFeatureSelection="yes" DisplayInternalUI="yes" ForcePerMachine="yes"/>
</Chain>

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '14 at 10:43

The solution was actually pretty easy. Before="CostFinalize" installs the features in the "preparing" dialog.

  <CustomAction Id="InstallIISCA" Return="ignore" Property="DISMPFAD" Execute="oncePerProcess" Impersonate="yes"
    ExeCommand="/online /enable-feature /all /featurename:IIS-WebServerRole /featurename:IIS-WebServer /featurename:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /featurename:IIS-StaticContent /featurename:IIS-DefaultDocument /featurename:IIS-DirectoryBrowsing /featurename:IIS-HttpErrors /featurename:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment /featurename:IIS-ASPNET /featurename:IIS-ASPNET45 /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility /featurename:IIS-NetFxExtensibility45 /featurename:IIS-ISAPIExtensions /featurename:IIS-ISAPIFilter /featurename:IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics /featurename:IIS-HttpLogging /featurename:IIS-LoggingLibraries /featurename:IIS-RequestMonitor /featurename:IIS-Security /featurename:IIS-RequestFiltering /featurename:IIS-HttpCompressionStatic /featurename:IIS-WebServerManagementTools /featurename:IIS-ManagementConsole /featurename:IIS-IPSecurity  /featurename:WAS-WindowsActivationService /featurename:WAS-ProcessModel /featurename:WAS-NetFxEnvironment /featurename:WAS-ConfigurationAPI /featurename:WCF-NonHTTP-Activation /featurename:WCF-Pipe-Activation45 /featurename:WCF-TCP-Activation45 /featurename:WCF-TCP-PortSharing45 /featurename:WCF-HTTP-Activation45" >
  </CustomAction>
  <InstallUISequence>
    <Custom Action="InstallIISCA" Before="CostFinalize" Overridable="yes">NOT Installed AND (VersionNT > 601)</Custom>
  </InstallUISequence >

Wix - Where do I install Windows features

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