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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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Why MSBuild looks for pdb files when it is building an installshield project?

I have added a basic MSI project to my vS2010 solution, it builds fine on my machine, but when I check in my code and request a build using TFS then it doesn't build and generates the following error: C:\Program…
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How to add a progress bar so the user doesn't hit Cancel in a dialog?

I'm working with Installshield 2011 on a basic MSI project. The problem I have is that the SetupInitialization dialog is taking about 2 to 3 minutes when performing upgrades. During those minutes the users only see: Computing space requirements And…
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MSI installer build issue with error 7354 after upgrading InstallShield

I had Basic MSI installer project in InstallShield 2011. In this project I had multiple languages support. Now I have migrated this installer project to InstallShield 2019. After migrate, this installer project giving below error while…
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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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MSI: How to install a component only if another component is not installed

My application involves an optional component with shortcuts that supersede the shortcuts provided by the default install. I can't figure out how to make it only install the default shortcuts if this optional extra is not installed - or do I just…
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Make file read/write for all users during installation

I need to make a file read/write for all users during install. Right now, the file is only read/write for admins and only read for non admins. I am using InstallShield Premier 2010. The problem is I am very new to this product and not quite sure…
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Post install action in installshield merge module

I am using installshield 2011. I have a merge module and I want certain exe to be executed after the merge module is installed. This exe is part of merge module files. Now when I write a custom action in the merge module, the action get executed…
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Installshield problem setting file permissions

in InstallShield 2011, I cannot modify file permissions under Application Data -> Files and Folders. Whenever I right click on items, it shows grayed out menu buttons. I can't even delete existing entries. In a bat script later in the installer, I…
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Environment variable for current installation process installshield 2011

I am creating two environment variable during installation. During installation itself those environment variables are being used by some of my batch files. But I cant find the environment variables available at the point when my batch files starts…
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how to share INSTALLDIR value across different msi InstallShield 2011

I am a total newbie to Installshield. I created a msi which launches multiple msi as part of its installation. The issue I face is, when I try to change my installation location to some random directory during installation it is not reflecting in…
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RegDBKeyExists function fails to read in Installshield

We have developed MSI package in Installshiled 2008 Premier Edition and project type is Installscript MSI, recently we bought 2011 and upgrdaded our project to 2011. In earlier version we used to check the registry entries for Microsoft SQL Express…
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Web.config files are being being populated with an empty string during upgrade InstallShield

I've ran into an issue while performing an upgrade to our installshield 2010 project. There are Web.config files that are defined at 'XML File Changes node'. Inside each web.config file there are attributes to replace during install (urls for…
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Custom installation installing empty folder.

i'm new to installshield and am learning how to use it on the fly, I have an installshiled 2011 project that upon a custom installation when i deselect a component from being installed, it is not installing the files, but the folder for those files…
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Adding InstallShiled project to another InstallShield project

I have two installshield projects, I want to ask is it even possible to wrap an existing ism project within a wrapper ism project?! The desired functionality is: When i use custom installation and select to install the nested project it will behave…
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Can we downgrade InstallShield project?

I'm having a InstallShield 2013 project. Can I open this project in InstallShield 2011 ? Can we open InstallShield Projects of higher version in the lower version of InstallShield ?
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