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InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio. Latest support of InstallShield LE is for Visual Studio 2015.

InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio 2010/2012 is a free tool for Visual Studio customer that serves as a replacement for the now deprecated Visual Studio Deployment Projects. InstallShield LE provides a small subset of the functionality found in the other InstallShield editions. Many of the features in InstallShield are locked and unavailable. Therefore it is helpful to tag questions as such.

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Windows Installer - Another version of this product already exists

I've asked this question already and can't believe that no one has an answer and I write it again in a different way to see if anyone can lend a hand. When I create the second version of my winforms app and configure InstallSheild LE to install it,…
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Digitally Signing Install Shield installer

I was recently given a VB.NET project for fixing some bugs and creating an installer for it. I was told to use Install Shield LE. All went well with creating the install script but Windows 8 is giving me a smart screen warning when downloading the…
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Install Shield LE - Error 6058 ... merging Visual C++ 10.0 CRT in 64bit

I'm trying to compile an install shield project. It's a 64 bit program. I keep getting this error, although it does compile OK and installs OK: Error 16 -6058: Error merging Visual C++ 10.0 CRT (IA64) with module ID C:\Program Files (x86)\Common…
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How to add nuget references to projects primary output for InstallShield?

I have a simple console app for which I need to create an installer. I am using InstallShield limited Edition for this. The issue is that the reference for log4net (which I have added using nuget is not included in the projects primary output).…
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Pass command line arguments from installshield installer to custom action exe

I am using and InstallShield installer setup.exe file to silently install my app. Now I want to invoke setup.exe with some command line arguments. And that arguments should be available in a EXE custom action that I have created to be executed at…
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Adding an msi file with the installer created in install shield

I want to add another application that is installed on the user PC with my setup . It is possible to wrapup both in install shield.
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How can I overwrite an error message occured on custom action

I trigger an c# application by an custom action: On failing condition, my application tells Install Shield to abort the installation process using an exit code: static void Main(string[] args) { if(false) { Environment.ExitCode =…
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Installshield LE TFS Build succeeds but does not produce output

I have a solution in Visual Studio 2012 which contains multiple projects - a web application, some class libraries, a couple of database projects and an Installshield LE 2013 project. If I build the solution for Release, locally, the ISLE project…
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Install Shield Limited Edition in visual Studio 2013 Express

First of all I'm new to visual studio. I need to develop a Setup (.exe) using Visual Studio C#. In order to create a setup, we need Windows Installer wizard. While searching on google I got a link from msdn Here I tried to create a new project as…
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Excel VSTO addin deployment error

I am developing a plug-in (ribbon) for Excel in Visual Studio 2013 using C# and VSTO. So far, so good. Now, I want to create an installer. I am using InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio. I followed the instructions given here…
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Installshield LE includes my GAC files from the primary output project even if Copy Local is false explicitly

My problem is with one simple application project and a class library project with some GAC references, that I add into the Files section (Primary output on the app project only). The problem is that the installer REALLY wants to add all the non-Net…
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Visual Studio 2013 InstallShield Limited - Installing files into MyDocuments

I am using Visual Studio 2013, InstallShield Limited. One of the 'Predefined Folder' options available in InstallShield Limited, is "[MyPicturesFolder]". I need to be able to install to the user's MyDocuments folder (per company requirements). …
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VS2012 Ultimate Setup and Deployment Disappeared after InstallShield 2012 Installation

Before I install InstallShield, the Setup and Deployment can be seen in the new project creation window and when I click the Enable InstallShield Limited Edition, it says "Setup project creation failed..." at the bottom so I decided to install the…
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InstallShield LE to build an .msi instead of setup.exe

I'm trying to "teach" InstallShield LE for Visual Studio 2010 to build a myproject.msi instead of setup.exe In (6) prepare for Release I've changed in the Setup.exe Tab the value Setup Launcher to "No". When I build the Project it generates still a…
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Install Shield Limited Edition tutorial for creating a setup file for web application in Visual Studio 2012

I have been searching since 2 hours on Google to find out a step by step tutorial for creating a setup project for Web Application in Visual Studio 2012, but I couldn't find any. Can anyone guide me or point me to a simple tutorial for creating a…
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