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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 installer admin requirement

I'm working with an InstallShield basic MSI installer which has another MSI chained into it as well as a custom action. Installing our application as an administrator works great, the MSI runs, launches our custom action as well as the chained MSI.…
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How to find if the Installatoion was per user or per machine installation

I have installed my software on the system in per machine (ALL USER) installation mode. During the maintenance Install, I want to know whether the software was Installed per user or per machine? How can I do that? Is there any installscript function…
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Creating language pack as addon Installshield 2011

I would like to create the language pack as add-on to my application which should act like a update to my older installation. It has to copy a folder to already installed location. this add on size should not be more than 2 or 3 mb. I am using…
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Internal build error with InstallShield 2011 LE within Visual Studio 2010 - WPF desktop app installer

I've enabled InstallShield 2011 LE within Visual Studio 2010 and am trying to get my first installer built with it. My application is a WPF / .NET 4.0 application. The solution is quite heavy with about 30 projects, most of them Prism…
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Detect .net framework installed in target machine by Installshield

How to detect if .net framework is installed or not in the target machine by Installshield? If it is already installed how to find the installed version of .net framework? Can anyone please help.
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Display additional dialog when application is in upgrade mode

I created a setup file which is working awesome. Now whenever I rebuild an application without changing anything but Package Code is changed and then while I am going to install this version then a dialog will come "Upgrade Dialog" which ask me for…
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InstallShield exisiting application checking

I have two different versions (Basic and Professional) of my application. I have created two different setup projects for both the versions. I want to restrict the user to install only one version per system. If user has the Basic version and he…
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How to have Installshield 2012 iscmdbld.exe command-line tool modify multiple properties

I am trying to do an automated build and have my build server pass some command-line options to iscmdbld.exe in order to modify windows installer properties in the resulting msi file. I was able to get it working with one property change, but now I…
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Retain files after Uninstallation

Certains files i am copying from one dir to another dir by using CopyFile command in Installshield 11 Premium. I want to preserve copied files even after uninstallation of product. What are the ways to do so? -Dev
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Installshield : How to preserve files after uninstallation

I am using installshield 11 to create Basic MSI Project. My requirment is, when i unstall the project, i want to preserve certain files.( I don't want these Certain files to be removed when unstallation takes place ). Morover, these files are not a…
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How to change fonts color in Installshield 2011?

How can I change fonts color in the the default dialogs in Installshield 2011? I have created a new entry (with the new color) into TexStile Table, but when selects the new "test style" in the Dialog editor, the colour does not change. This works…
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Using InstallShield 2011, how can one create an installation to add files to a previously installed program?

I've written an add-in to an existing program. I want to create an installation which copies files to a sub-folder within the previously installed program folder. The installation path of the existing program is available in the registry. Can one…
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How to delete files from Installer during Minor upgrade

During Minor Upgrade in InstallShield 2011, how to delete/remove some files which was installed from base installer and for next upgrade if we want to retrieve back the removed files how can we get back?
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Error 1001 during installation using installshield installer

During installation I am getting error 1001 without any information about the error(just a dialog is displayed). When click OK Button, rolling back occurs. This happens in InstallShield installer.Can anyone help me whey this happens?
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why files are not updated through installshield installer

I have added pdb file in installshield installer. I want to do minor upgrade.But, files for which version is changed, the installer does not upgrade the files. Why?
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