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dotNetInstaller is a widely used, general-purpose setup bootstrapper for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7.

dotNetInstaller is a widely used, general-purpose setup bootstrapper for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7.

dotNetInstaller enables the developer to define the application prerequisites and install the correct versions of these components in a predictable order based on the processor architecture, user operating system type and language, allow the user to download these components from the web, install these components directly from a single packaged setup, local media or both. dotNetInstaller is very feature rich and runs on all known Windows operating systems.

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Check if Windows Installer 3.1 or higher is installed?

How can I check if Windows Installer version 4.5 is installed on target machine using registry. I need to use this info in my installer bootstrapper and quit installation if WI 4.5 is not already installed. I've checked…
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Run custom uninstaller for a DotNetInstaller generated EXE

I have a msi installer wrapped into a DotNetInstaller exe file. Everything works fine but when I try to uninstall it from the Add/Remove window it doesn't run the .exe file but the .msi. I really need the .exe to be run because I'm passing…
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WIX get runtime variable from msi to transform another

I'm implementing exe installer with two msi. During installation of first one user have to select value from ComboBox and I want to use selected value as parameter to run transformation on second msi. I'm using dotNetInstaller bootstrapper (with no…
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Building installation package with service credentials in it

I am using wix/dotnetinstaller to install a windows service. The service will need to run under a non system account that is set up by the user. Is it possible to build installation package with credential included ? Whole idea is to preparing…
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dotnetinstall UI - dropping the mainPage dialog

I have created a XML using dotnet installer editor, this creates an .exe for my MSI. but what i want to achieve is to not display the mainpage of the installer when the exe is run, and only show my MSI UI, i can get rid of the "progress dialog" but…
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DotNetInstaller won't resume where it left off after reboot

I am stuck on this one. After an exe component which requires reboot is executed, the dotnetinstaller script forces a reboot. However after reboot it starts right from beginning not after the step which required rebooting. These are the…
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How to bundle 6 msi into one msi installer

I have 6 msi that I want to bundle into single msi package. These 6 are office addin, out of these 3 are for office 2003 and 3 for office 2007. So my single msi should install only 3 addon based on the version of office. And there are some…
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dotNetInstaller and .NET 4.0

I have a standard situation - my software requires .NET 4.0. I created dotNetInstaller package, and put Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Web Installer) (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851) inside. But problem is when user has…
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Error while making setup using dotnetInstaller (installer.exe)

I have a setup of my project names a Final__.msi . Before installing project setup i want to install Sqlserver R2 Express. So i use dotnetinstaller to created exe . I have put all my pre-requites file under folder names supportedFiles Here my…
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dotNetInstaller with output MSI file

I have an application, which can be installed via MSI package. Right now I need to extend this package to check if .NET 4.0 is installed. I want to use dotNetInstaller, but I can't change name and extention of file (dotNetInstaller creates an exe…
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Do dotNetInstaller exes install as a package or separate products?

Anyone who has experience with dotNetInstaller (http://dblock.github.io/dotnetinstaller/) I have a question. I've previously worked with the WiX bootstrapper which is horrible in many ways but that one that I find most annoying is the fact the…
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dotnetInstaller should terminate on failure of registry check

I have very basic requirement of terminating the installation process on failure of finding registry key, during execution of dotNetInstaller bootStrapper. I am installing WebApplication and want to fail the installation on absence of IIS. But it…
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Using dotNetInstaller to check whether SQL Server 2008 is installed

I am trying to create a bootstrapper with dotNetInstaller for my application which needs Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility Components. I have added a check for that using the pre-built components. All was good till I realized that I…
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