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Advanced Installer is a setup authoring tool which is primarily used to create Windows Installer MSI packages. It also includes features and dedicated tools designed for application deployment tasks.

Advanced Installer is a setup authoring tool which creates installers and software packages. It has both free and commercial editions.

It is primarily used for creating Windows Installer MSI packages for Windows applications, but it can also be used to create:

  • Microsoft App-V packages
  • Microsoft UWP packages (.appx)
  • VMware ThinApp packages
  • MAC OS X ZIP packages
  • Windows CE CAB files
  • Microsoft Office and Visual Studio add-in and extension packages
  • Visual Studio add-in/extension packages (.vsix)

Advanced Installer also includes dedicated tools for:

  • delivering application updates
  • integrating a trial period and licensing mechanism into an application
  • repackaging existing packages

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Is it possible to copy files before and after some command execution from installer to user's machine in Advanced Installer?

Is it possible to copy files from installer to user's machine before and after specific set of commands execution successful? I have to execute XYZ command which needs some library files, so I want to copy these libraries from installer to user's…
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How do I avoid triggering MSI self-repair with my WiX / MSI package?

How do I avoid triggering self-repair from my WiX generated MSI package? This is a Q/A-style question with an answer that just list a few things not to do in your MSI file to avoid the most common causes of repeating self-repair.
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How to delete a folder NOT generated by the installer (Advance Installer)?

I'm using Advanced Installer to create my installer. My application creates a folder for cache which is not controlled by the installer. My question is; how can I remove a folder that is not handled/controlled by Advanced Installer? I've already…
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How to create own MSI package with Open Source Software?

does anyone know an Open Source Software for creating own MSI packages? I wanna create an MSI file for installing a 3rd party Software. Currently it's installed via different commands (bat-file) and with different configuration files. Is there a…
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Advanced installer powershell script set property

I am using advanced installer 10.7.1. I am adding the custom action of 'run windows powershell script'. What this script does is to check if the installer is being run on an azure vm or not. if it is, only then does it allow the user to install. The…
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Installing .NET Framework

I'm currently updating our software installer and have a few questions about getting the .NET framework installed. What are the installer(s) (.exe or .msi) required to install .NET 2.0 SP2? What are the installer(s) (.exe or .msi) required to…
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Default program to open file and load Application in C#

I have a C# WinForm application. This program is designed to create and open specific files (.cus). Files are created using this program and can be opened in same program. I am using Advanced Installer to create Installer. After Installation, I need…
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Pin a program to the taskbar using Advanced Installer

I am using Advanced Installer to create the installer of my java desktop application, Looking for a solution to pin the main application shortcut to the task bar of window 7
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Using Advanced Installer in Jenkins

Ok I have a new problem. I'm trying to use advanced installer through the Windows Batch command "C:\Program Files\Caphyon\Advanced Installer 8.0.1\bin\x86\advinst.exe" /edit "C:\jenkins\workspace\myProject\Platforms\Win32\Install\myProject.aip"…
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Silently install Apache through Advanced Installer

I am trying to silently install apache using Advanced Installer 8.9, but it is still prompting me for user interaction even though I pass the command parameters in the Silent (No UI) field. msiexec /i "httpd-2.2.22-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi" /qn…
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Setting UI Level in a MSI package

I have WiX project to create a MSI package. I want to set UI level to 3 or 4 or 5 so that it can show success/failure after the setup. Currently it just run and vanishes. Is there a way to set UI level on the package?
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MongoDB as a prerequisite in Advanced Installer

I want to silently install MongoDB as a prerequisite. The problem is to pass the command line arguments. The usual command( without AI ) is: msiexec.exe /q /i mongodb-win32-x86_64-2008plus-ssl 3.6.4-signed.msi INSTALLLOCATION="C:\Program…
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How do I avoid distributing sensitive information in my MSI by accident?

How do I avoid distributing sensitive information in my WiX / MSI by accident? I distributed a password, machine name or login credentials by accident with my MSI file. How do I best deal with this problem? After deployment my application connects…
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How to encrypt your Connection String in Advanced Installer (13.3) Custom Action

With Advanced Installer, I'm trying to make a Custom Action, that at installationtime, encrypt the Connection String. I seems like I can't use "~" here. (I moved my working code from the MVC project, to here). Is there a simple alternative to that…
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Advanced Installer - Install windows service for Solr5

I'm trying to create a Installation package using Advanced Installer , this package should install new windows service for Solr5. the windows service should run the solr.cmd file with start params. and of course do stop with a given stop…
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