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InstallShield is a software tool by Flexera Software for creating installers or software packages. Primarily used for creating Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI installer). InstallShield 2011 is the version of InstallShield which released in year 2011.

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InstallShield LE "Another version of this product is already registered"

I'm running into a roadblock using InstallShield LE in VS2010. The second time running the resulting setup.exe (with incremented version numbers), I get the error Another version of this product is already registered By "incremented version…
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CustomAction returned actual error code 1603 in installshield

I'm using using Basic MSI to install my application. I'm getting Error 1001 during installation and roll back action takes place. I've noticed in the installation log that I get this error: "CustomAction returned actual error code 1603. Action…
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handle "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue..."

I have 32-bit and 64-bit versions of my installer which have (nearly) the exact same code & custom action sequence (there are only minor differences which are not relevant to this issue) I want my installer to detect whether it has already been…
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How do I disable font registration in an Installshield (2011) basic msi project?

How can I stop installshield from registering fonts? I've got a number of installshield projects deploying web applications, which all feature GlyphIcons and FontAwesome fonts. Installshield automatically registers these files (*.ttf, *.eot, *.otf)…
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Execute command line statement in installshield / installscript

How do I execute the following command in installscript during installation? netsh.exe advfirewall firewall show rule name="PowerSI (Release ASI 16.64)" || NETSH.EXE advfirewall firewall add rule name="PowerSI (Release ASI 16.64)" dir=in…
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How can I install files into System32 Folder on an 64Bit Platform

I want to install a .sys file into %windir%/System32/drivers directory on a 64-Bit Platform. The setups works fine under 32-Bit, but when I´m installing on a 64-Bit platform, the setup stores the file under %windir%/SysWOW64/drivers. I tried to…
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Installshield including satellite dlls

I'm having problems including satellite dll's in a installshield project. I've tried adding a component, say "SatelliteNorwegian" for a norwegian language installation, for which I set the "Data Language" field to norwegian. The actual files reside…
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Installshield multilangague supported application

I have to create the language package for my customer released application, what is the best approach to create language package setup, so it will be installed on top customer release application. I supposed to provide option to user to install and…
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Multiple installs Installshield 2010

I'm trying to create an installation and ask the user within my installer if they want to install two additional programs using check boxes. The installer should then start the installation based on the value of the check box. I'm having trouble…
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How to get the file name of the file which is being installed?

How to get the file name of the file which is being installed? I want to check if the file being installed is already at the destination folder and rename the existing one to some other name. Is there a way where we get to know the file name of…
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Installshield 2011 - crashes at build between "Embedding manifest" and signing

Since upgrading to a windows 8 & 8.1 machine all my InstallShield projects began failing at signing. The error occurs after or during the embedding manifest into setup.exe, with the following error: Exception ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at…
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How do I detect a previous version when using a standard patch

I've successfully created a Standard Patch using InstallShield 2011 Basic MSI. I'm having trouble with it detecting an earlier version of the application that has been installed. For instance, I have an application called XYZ with a base version of…
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Change MSI Name during InstallShield 2011 MSBuild

I'm already familiar with prebuild steps such as updating XML or using the automation interface to update a project. I'm looking for a far more simplistic approach to the following situation. I'm using TFS 2010 and InstallShield's native MSBuild…
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InstallShield 2011 Immediate execution in System Context

I want to write a custom action which will execute above all other custom actions and execute in system context. If I use "immediate execution" then it executes in logged in users context and if I use "deferred execution in system context" then this…
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"This program cannot be run in DOS mode" - meaning in installshield

I have built Basic MSI in InstallShield 2011. I have .NET Installer class in my project. When I install the .msi I am getting Error 1001 and rolls back. A temp file "TBD8BEA.tmp" is created in ProgramFiles folder. Temp file has binary content but…
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