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InstallShield is a software tool for creating installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for installing software for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms

InstallShield is a powerful and easy-to-use installation development solution for creating Windows installations. With automated tools to productize, bundle and install your products in both traditional MSI and virtual formats, InstallShield makes it easy for your customers to deploy and manage your applications when, where and how they are needed while providing a contemporary installation experience.

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Is it possible to use a logical OR, or negate a condition in Installshield 2012 PRQs?

I have a PRQ that installs MS SQL Shared Management Objects. I have a condition that installs the PRQ if this registry key does not exist HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{08ECC740-2B3E-45D7-860C-59B511386286} This works…
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Is there a way to suppress duplicate merge module adding for an InstallShield 2012 project?

I have a visual studio solution with > 100 projects, the majority of them are different device "interface"/adapter dll's but there are also a few common dll's and applications. All are c# projects. All of the device adapter dll's rely on a common…
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Setting Minor or Major Upgrade within InstallScript Project

I'm using InstallShield 2012 Spring - Premier Edition and I'm trying to replace the existing install of our software (if it exists) with whatever is in the new Setup script when Setup script is run again. I have read some things online that say to…
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Installshield basic msi installation strictly for 32-bit

I have a solution with several dlls that are 64-bit or 32-bit specific that I want to deploy with an installer. I have two basic msi projects in InstallShield 2012, one for 32 bit systems and the other for 64 bit systems. I also have a requirement…
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How to disable an extra window to restart system even after selecting not to do so in files in use dialog in installshield

I am doing an upgrade for the existing exe file using installshield. when installing the update , in files in use dialog I select the option to automatically close and restart the application instead of the other option to reboot the system. But I…
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How to ignore some features in updatemode in an InstallScript project?

I am developing an InstallShield InstallScript project (not MSI) and currently working on the "updatemode" behaviour of the setup.exe program. I would like to know if it is possible to ignore the update of one specific feature and still update the…
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VS2012: InstallShield LE 2013: Dependent assemblies copied only once

Facing an issue with IS LE 2012 Spring & 2013 LE as well. I have VS 2012 solution with one common project (A) and several projects (B, C, D etc..,) referencing the common project. When I add a IS setup project and include project B's primary output,…
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Windows Installer log shows registry entry added, but doesn't exist in registry after install

The installer I'm working on has a component that installs registry elements into the 64bit HKLM hive, and installs similar keys into the 32bit hive (under Wow6432Node). On install the log shows the 64bit: MSI (s) (40:30) [13:29:49:879]: Executing…
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Prerequisites Dialog Appears When Running Setup.exe After Product Is Installed

My question is as follows (I hope that someone will be able to help :) ): I have an Installshield InstallScript Project with prerequisites. Once the user tries to run the setup file, it shows the prerequisites dialog and the user is able to install…
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Installshield - The files for installation requirement could not be found. The installation will now stop

I am using InstallShield to build an installer to install some custom prerequisites on my client computers. But everytime I try to run the installer, I get: The files for installation requirement Crystal Runtime x86 could not be found. The…
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Windows installer: Error 1001, CustomAction _xxxxx.install returned actual error code 1603

Question: I have created an installer for a windows service with Visual Studio 2012 and InstallShield. The service runs fine. The installer runs fine on my development machine (windows 8 64 bit) and my XP virtual machine (32 bit). But on Windows…
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Installshield 2012 : Identify 32 or 64 bit Operating system and install appropriate ActiveX control - Basic msi installer

I have an ActiveX control which needs to be deployed in client machine and i am planning to do this by supplying installers to the clients . I have made separate msi packages for 64 and 32 bit operating systems and it works properly. However , i…
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SYSINFO.NWinMajor is giving wrong value for Windows 7

I am creating installer using InstallShield 2012 and I am checking OS using SYSINFO major and minor values.SYSINFO.nWinMajor is giving correct value but SYSINFO.nWinMinor is giving 0 for windows 7.It should be 1. Do anyone know the solution for…
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InstallShield: Detect Chrome Installed in a PRQ

I'm using InstallShield 2012, and I included Chrome as a redistributable, I'd like to detect if Chrome is installed. The problem is that chrome.exe is installed to the user's appdata folder and the prerequisite condition dialog doesn't give me the…
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RegAsm : error RA0000 failed to load dll because it is not a valid .NET Assembly

I am facing a problem with installshield 2012 while registering the DLL using Regasm from exec task in MSBuild script. Its giving the below error: [Step 6/10] RegAsm : error RA0000 : Failed to load…
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