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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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WiX Burn after restart/force reboot continuing installation

I have a WiX Burn custom installer using ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost. After installing one of the prerequisite Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 I forcefully reboot the PC (Windows XP) using: The Bundle…
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Burn bootstrapper is not detecting Windows installer version correctly

Currently, I have the following fragment to check and install Windows Installer 4.5 if the user is on Windows XP. = "4.5.6001.22159"]]> …
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WiX v3.11 Burn bootstrapper install failing due to Anti-Virus scan?

I've recently included a bootstrapper into my solution, and I've noticed that after testing a variety of free Anti-Virus programs, both Avast and AVG seem to now cause my installation to fail, has anyone else experienced this? My current thought is…
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WiX ExePackage Cache

The documents for the ExePackage element state the the purpose of the Cache attribute is Whether to cache the package. The default is "yes". I don't understand what this does. Where is the package getting cached?
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Bundle multiple support files for WiX Burn

I have a third party MSI that has been supplied to me by a vendor. However the MSI does not stand alone, it requires multiple support files (dll's, config files, device drivers ...) to complete an installation. I've tried to install without these…
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WiX Burn: Reading LaunchTarget from Registry

I'm new with WiX, and I'm trying to have my Bootstrapper launch my installed application when it completes. To accomplish this, I'm using However, it is not easy for me to get the path to the…
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How to modify the installed features of msi with wix bootstrapper?

I am trying to call a msi inside wix bootstrapper program.It is working properly at the time of installation.And selected features are installed properly.But after installation i am trying to modify the installed features.In the control panel there…
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BURN (WIX bootstrapper) - files in use dialog not being shown

I have created a WIX msi for one of our products which works really well. The product is a Word addin and at upgrade/uninstall the msi automatically checks if Word is open (ie. my assemblies are currently locked in execution) and if it is, then it…
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Adding Your own license agreement in WIX Bootstrapper Project

How can i add my own license file in WIX Bootstrapper project. I have a WIX Bootstrapper project that installed a chain of MSIs but i want to display my own license file when setup starts.
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WiX Burn Bootstrapper Localization

I have a custom burn bootstrapper application with localization in german (BurnUI_de-DE.wxl) and english (BURNUI_en-US.wxl). At present burn automatically starts in english. I don't know how to change the UI language at run time. The UI parts are…
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Specify output executable name for burn bootstrapper

In VS2012 I created a WIX Bootstrapper project (BURN). I named the project "Bootstrapper". Now the bootstrapper works fine, but I would like to change the name of the generated file (bootstrapper.exe) in something different. I am unable to find…
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WiX 3.8 - Debug Custom Burn Bootstrapper

Can Anyone point out the steps involved in debugging a WiX Custom Burn Bootstrapper ? I have my MSI working clean. But when I use it with Burn bootstrapper, the custom actions defer and create problems. I want to just debug my bootstrapper with…
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Can I reference the MSI output from a WiX Setup project in my wix Bootstrapper project?

For example, I want to do this, but it generates an error: - where SetupProjectWiX is my MSI WiX project. I do something similar when creating the MSI itself, and…
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Text box value is not updated in ViewModel when changing in the view in WPF

When I change the text box value, it is not updated in the view model. This is my text box xaml in the view
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Wix Installation - Using Burn to have Managed UI & Displaying Same Progress Text as Built In dialogs

I am using Wix Burn to install per-requisites of our project, I have used ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost to have custom UI, I have been following project available from Wix Source code to create my Managed WPF application.. Now the problem is…
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