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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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Custom setting at un-install for file/folder deletion

Using Advanced installer for my java based application, it is working very good. I want to remove one folder and one file when user uninstall the application from system. Now my question is 1) how to remove a file from a given location e-g i have…
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how to add/remove any application's EXE programmatically

If we would like to start some applications automatically we use to put them in start-up folder in windows environment, how to add/remove any application's EXE programmatically. i am using java for my application. Detail With Background: Working on…
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MSP file extracts only files that belong to new components

I've created a patch with Advanced Installer by using an old (target image) msi and the new one (upgrade image). Inspecting MSP file I've discovered that it contains both modified and completely new files. The problem is that during the installation…
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Checking the registry in the Launch conditions in Advance installer

Here is the scenario. I am using app1 to print into the registry when users have certain parameters like a specific username and a computer name. Once its checked then I need to launch the main application. Is there any way that I can check the…
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Advanced Installer is not working

I have a problem, I am trying to build an msi setup for windows C# based application. Its a windows desktop application. When I build the setup using the Visual studio 2010, its successful its working but whenever I use Advanced Installer its giving…
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Using Advance Installer,is it possible to add EULA, when bootstrapper-UI level is in Basic UI and progress (or) Silent Install(no UI)

I need to add EULA dialog, before prequisites installation starts, after i agree the EULA only, prequisites and my application should start installing,make sure that BootstrapperUI(i.e., UI level should be in Basic UI and progress (or)Silent…
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Win32 installers: is there a way to write to HKU startup for each user?

Is there a Windows installer that will add to startup for each user like \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run for each user on the system? I can't write to HKLM because the program being installed is hardcoded to work with…
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How to uninstall an application (MSI) during install

I have an addin application, A, built with Add-In express. Its installer is built in a Visual Studio setup project. Now I have included it in another comprehensive application, B. Its installer is built with Advanced Installer. We want to be able…
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Quiet installation in "advanced updater \ installer"

I'm trying to do automatic update in quiet mode. To do this, I write the command line: C:\Program Files (x86)\progsoft\prog> prog.exe /silentall But the program is not updated. When I do so C:\Program Files (x86)\progsoft\prog> prog.exe /silentall…
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Complex deployment scenarios in Advanced Installer

I'm wondering the best way to handle a setup project that can support some complex deployment scenarios. My product has the following items: Executable and dlls .config files SQL CE database map document and related items two different types of…
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How to replace a .winmd in a customer's .appx, .msix, .msixbundle package?

Scenario : A customer is using my SDK (a .winmd file), and is reporting a problem. They have sent me their .appx file. I wish to replace the SDK in their .appx file with a debug version of my SDK, so that I can debug the customer's problem. I…
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Create Service/Task with an MSI

I want to package programs into an MSI and create Scheduled Tasks (i.e. run on Boot/Startup). I'm trying solutions available on the market such as Advanced Installer and EMCO MSI Packager, but I get the same error in both: Verify that you have…
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I can I integrate Apache and Mysql in the application installer?

I have an Application made with java ,and it needs a Mysql database ,and Apache server,and I use Advanced Insaller to generate the installer. I want the installer to install Mysql and Apache ,and Run them (I think as a service )so the user doesn't…
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How to repair .Net hosting bundle after Internet Information Services (IIS) installation?

We are building an installer that enables Internet Information Services (IIS) and installs .NET 6 hosting bundle in a windows 10 machine. We are using Advanced installer to build our installer. We are facing a problem if the host machine already has…
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Visual Studio Advanced Installer Extension - how to package app.config files in console app

I am using the Advanced installer extension in Visual Studio 2019 to package a console application. It works fine except that it does not package/install any of the .config files (such as myexe.exe.config). Does anyone know how to get it to do…
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