Questions tagged [installshield-le]

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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Add a new Redistributables to VS InstallShield LE Project

i want to add Microsoft SQL CE 4.0 to my VS InstallShield LE Project Redistributables I've done this steps: i'm create a Microsoft SQL CE 4.0.prq file(modify it like Microsoft SQL CE 3.5 SP2.prq) and Microsoft SQL CE 4.0 folder in this path :…
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How to install an INF file with InstallShield LE?

We have an application for which we're using InstallShield LE (the one that comes with Visual Studio 2010) to manage the installation of the application. As part of the installation, I need to install an INF file so the app can communicate with the…
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A dependency is not been resolved in InstallShield

A dependency is not been resolved in InstallShield. My environment is VS 2010 and InstallShield Limited Edition. I have a project that I’m trying to deploy using an InstallShield Limited Edition project. The project to deploy has several references…
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Automatic Updates without FLEXnet Connect

I have the Limited Edition of InstallShield that comes with the Professional Edition of Visual Studio. I want to host my updates on my own server, like you can in the ClickOnce Publication settings. I would like to have the application autoupdate if…
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InstallShield LE isn't installing ReportViewer 2010 from my VS 2010 C# Project

InstallShield LE isn't installing ReportViewer 2010 from my VS 2010 C# Project. I have ReportViewer 2010 selected as a requirement but it's not adding the files I need. Its also not adding the SQL CE 3.5 run-time either. I can get the "Visual Studio…
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How to upgrade latest version of my application without uninstall the old version manually?

I have my project in visual studio and i am using installshield as my windows installer. When I am installing new updated version of my application it will shows Another version of this product is automatically installed like this... How can I…
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How to Sequence the Silent Installer .exe file before installation of main application in Custom Action Sequence?

I am trying to Install a custom exe file before I Install main windows installer file. I am using Install Sheild Limited Edition. After configuring everything I have sequenced my silent installer file at "After Register Product stage" of Custom…
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InstallShield LE error: This installation package is not supported by this processor type

I am trying to build a setup.exe file for the VSTO Outlook addIn using InstallShield LE. When I Build the SetupInstaller, it gives me a setup.exe in the output folder and this setup works on 64 bit Windows OS. But when I install the same exe in 32…
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How to enable InstallShield Limited Edition in Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition

I have installed Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition on Windows Server 2012. I am working on a VSTO outlook plugin, I need to create installer for the plugin. I found the following documentation to create the deployment installer at…
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Install or activate .NET 3.5 Windows XP - 10 using InstallShield LE 2015

Our program uses a 3rd party .NET COM wrapper written to work back to .NET 2.0, so it works with the .NET 3.5 SP1 framework installed. Since .NET 3.5 became a Windows Feature that was disable by default starting with Windows 8, we've had trouble…
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InstallShild custom action arguments

I am useing InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio 2010 to create an installer, and I am trying to add an executable custom action. My custom action in an exe that is installed to the install dir. The custom action needs to use another file…
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Installer for Windows service that must run as "Network Service"

Using Visual Studio 2015, how do I configure an installation package using InstallShield for a Windows service to run under the "Network Service" account? I had this working in Visual Studio 2013, with an InstallShield project, but I can't seem to…
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Installshield LE for VS2015 Professional after installing VS2015 Community

I have installed Visual Studio 2015 Professional after having worked with Visual Studio 2015 Community for a few months. The problem is that I cannot create a new Installshield Limited Edition project. I thought the issue was that I had both…
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Tutorial for Install Shield 2010 Limited Edition VS 2010?

Does anyone have a tutorial that they could point me too. I am kinda confused about some of the steps in the wizard for install Shield 2010 limited edition.
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VS2012 and InstallShield 2014 Premier Issue

I've been using VS2012 with InstallShield2014LE on our existing projects.We finally purchased the installed 2014 premier and when I open/load an existing solution that has a 2014LE setup project alongside the main project, I get the following error,…