Questions tagged [installshield-2010]

Relating to the 2010 version of the InstallShield software that helps install software on Windows.

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Grant application access to UAC protected registry section

I have a legacy USB device driver which reads and writes data from and to the Windows registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/COMPANY/PRODUCT. I am not able to change this so I need a workaround because I noticed that on Windows Vista and Windows 7…
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Launching a file after Installation

I have created two releases for my Installshield Basic MSI Project. I want to launch the executable, on click of the finish button when the Installation completes. I have two different executables. I want to launch first executable when the user has…
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Create setup file with SQL Server 2008 via installshield 2010

I want to create a setup file with Installshield 2010. I have written my program with wpf and SQL Server 2008. I created the file but during the installation, it starts to install SQL Server 2008 with all details. I want to know can I do this? I…
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Issue in custom action in install shield 2010

I want to make a script that open port in installation and close it in un-installation I made the both scripts but every time script for open port runs in install and in uninstall so after uninstalling i have 2 rules for open that port and close…
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CheckBox on ReadyToInstall Dialog in Basic MSI in Installshield

I have two product Configuration releases for my MSI, namely Release1 & Release2. I have added a checkbox to the ReadyToInstall Dialog. I want this checkbox to be visible only when I build Release2. Running an Installer from Release1 should display…
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Adding a check box in ReadyToInstall Dialog in Basic MSI

I have added a checkbox to the ReadyToInstall Dialog in Installshield for a basic MSI. What I want to do is to set a property ISCHECKBOXSELECT to 0 or 1 depending on whether the CheckBox was selected during the installation or not. 0-Not…
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How do I set permissions on dynamically linked files?

I have an InstallScript installer that utilizes dynamic file links for several components. These components contain configuration files that standard users should be able to edit. We recently discovered that when these files are installed on Windows…
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How to modify the skin color and background of the installer generated using Install-shield

I am new to Install Shield. Trying to modify the new installer background and the color of the installer panel. How to customize the skin, background color or add background image for the new installer generated using Installshield 2010. I tried to…
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Visual Studio 2010: Add Microsoft SQL CE 3.5 SP2 to InstallShield Prerequisites

I try to create an InstallShield for my application in Visual Studio 2010 The application requires Microsoft SQL CE 3.5 SP2 (x64) and Microsoft SQL CE 3.5 SP2 So in the InstallShield Prerequisites I checkted the two packages If I build my…
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(Installshield 2010) ISProject Folder in TFS 2008

I wonder what the ISProjectFolder, ISProductFolder, ISProjectDataFolder, ISPROJECTDIR (predefined paths) values are assigned when I build using TFS 2008 build agent I think these can have different values from the values that are seen on local does…
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(installshield 2010) Conditional features selection

(Basic MSI Project) I would like to deselect parent feature automatically when all children are deselected, but i can`t find any option for that on installshield IDE. For example, (feature select dialog) Feature A ---Feature A-1 ---Feature A-2 If…
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Installshield - Merge Module - Dynamic destination directory based on user dialog input

I am trying to set the override the destination directory of the merge module as described here. I set the destination directory to [BIN]. BIN is public property. At compile time the value of [BIN] is C:\Program Files…
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Detect whether certain IIS features are present from InstallScript

I have an InstallScript project written in InstallShield 2010, which, amongst other things, shells out to several .NET MSI installers that install web apps. If any of these web apps are selected for installation by the end user, I need to check for…
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installshield script check if we are uninstalling

I am looking for a way I can pass to my installscript check if I application is uninstalling. I tried this: if (REMOVE) then MessageBox("uninstalling!", INFORMATION); return 0; endif; but it triggers even if I am installing :(
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what will be the condition for custom action to run only on first installation in InstallShield?

I have a requirement to delete the files if the customer has installed the exe for the first time and uninstalled it. If the user has upgraded the exe without uninstalling the present installer and trying to uninstall the upgraded installer we…