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Burn is the WiX (Windows Installer XML) engine used to chain multiple installation packages into a singular, more seamless setup experience.

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Adding variable number of elements to xml file using wix

We use wix to modify xml during install. We need to add a list of xml elements to a file. Example list:
some@address.com
someother@address.com
 Now we want to add this to an…
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HowTo put Chain Elements into own Subdiretory in Wix Bootstrapper Project

I've set the compressed element to "no", so the chained file is available for the current User which is installating the Software. I've already searched on Wix Toolset and tried to find something in the Book they've released. But still I found no…
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Why does WiX burn.exe fail with error 0x8007000d?

I've got a .msi file produced by WiX which is working great, and now I want to wrap it in a bootstrapper. Previously I used setupbld, but as that is now deprecated I'm experimenting for the first time with burn from WiX 3.8. However, every time I…
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WIX Bundle custom UI Not installing packages

I have setup a custom UI boot strap application. It seems pretty standard and im not sure the problem has anything to do with the custom UI side. The problem is when I press install and call from c# code Engine.Plan(LaunchAction.Install); nothing…
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How can I get Explorer to restart when using Burn

In an msi, we use the following to get explorer to restart so that it loads our shell extension. However, now that I've wrapped this msi up with its dependencies in an installer created…
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How can dependencies for a CustomBootstrapperApplication.dll be packaged?

I'm creating a wix burn custom bootstapper application dll. The installer neeeds to perform some validation before allowing the install to complete. To do this I use a third party dll. When I run the installer exe, I get an error that the dll is…
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wix burn RemotePayload doesn't work

In my bundle i have code like this:
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How to fix vcredist download URL not working?

I created an installer with burn to install the vcredist_x64.exe and vcredist_x32.exe before my app's msi's. For vcredist_x64 I was using:
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Wix Bootstrapper Payload destination

I have a burn installer that I need to install .NET 4.5 as a prereq (not for the installer UI, but for the product I am installing). However, one requirement is I cannot download it during the install. I added the payload and the file gets…
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Wix Burn failed to install powershell

i'm trying to install Powershell from the burn. intially i was using but found that it won't work. then i tried this using the registry scan but seems that it also failed. Here is the code for the registry…
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(Un)Installing NSIS packages in WIX Burn installer

I am trying to make my Wix Burn installer install two applications that use NSIS for their installer. Install works great. However, I want them to be removed when I uninstall my app (Permanent="no"). This is not so straightforward as I cannot…
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wix burn detecting COM dll existence

I have a hard time getting wix 3.7 burn bundle to work. I want to check if a specific COM library exists on the system (it's a prerequisite). I've tried: util:RegistrySearch for SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Assemblies\Global under interop.name,…
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WiX Burn 3.7 and Postgresql Registry Search fail

I'm trying to build a bundle which with postgresql as prerequisite. I'm trying to detect postgresql by searching into registry as follows:
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WiX installer: Burn shows a GUID as progress text

I have a WiX Burn bundle that includes five MSI packages. During an installation - when upgrading a bundle - I see this: This happens after progressing the MSI packages. I am not sure what happens. Can this be shown as a text string?
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Passing commandline arguments to MsiPackage

The Visual Studio Installer technology creates a bootstrapper which can take arguments (eg: /q) and pass it to the Msi. I have a custom bootstrapper in WiX which has some ExePackages and one MsiPackages. When I pass the argument in WiX to the custom…
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