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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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MSI Installer: Adding a non default action to a file extension

I'm working on an MSI Installer project. I would like to add an action to an existing file extension that will be available only from the context menu, while keeping the current default action as is. For instance - add an "Edit with my program"…
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custom app.config with installshield

I migrated from VS2010 to VS2012, my old installer projects were not compatible with VS2012 so I am working with InstallShield Limited Edition. Now, I have this issue, in VS2010, I was having separate app.config for each project. DEV -…
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.Net InstallShield - Creates broken shortcuts

I've got 2 projects in my solution. The one is a small win forms project, and the other, a InstallShield Limited Edition project. Everything works fine & installs correctly for the most part. The desktop and start menu shortut's get created also…
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Web application install using Installshield LE misses some files when built by msbuild (but not when built in the IDE)

I have a simple web application (MVC/Web API, Dev studio 2013)) where I have used the included Installshield LE for the deployment. I use the primary output to define the target files. If I build this all in the IDE (Dev Studio), the installation…
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Auto upgrade of wpf application with InstallShield LE?

I have a WPF application. I am creating setup using InstallShield 2013 LE. I want click once like auto update functionality for my application. Is there any auto update functionality provided with InstallShield 2013 LE like Click once ?
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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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How do I add post-build events to InstallShield Limited Edition

After I build my InstallShield I want to copy the outputted MSI file to some partocilar directory ..."\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\UpdateAppTest\Setup1\Setup1\Express\SingleImage\DiskImages\DISK1\setup1.msi" to some directory on my…
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Create registry key in 32-bit hive on x64 PC using Installshield 2012 LE - Avoid redirection

I am trying to deploy an Outlook 2010 x64 AddIn in a x64 OS. For this AddIn I have to create the registry keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\[add-in ID]. But Installshield Spring 2012 LE insists in creating the…
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Installshield error 1001 without installshield installed

I have an application with an installshield installer. I install a service and a windows form. Whenever I install the application on computers where I have installshield it installs, but when I try to install it on other machines it gives me Error…
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InstallShield(LE) - Passing command line argument that can be used in custom action exe

I am creating a setup using InstallShield(Limited Edition) in VS2012. Firstly I created a setup file. I have some more things to do so I created a project and added its exe as a new custom action After Initialization(Before First Dialog). Now I…
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How To Force Reboot With InstallShield LE That Comes With VS2012

How do I force a reboot at the end of the installation from my app? Yes I am 100% sure I have a valid reason for this. But I can't seem to figure out how to make it reboot. I'm using the IntallShield Limited Edition product that comes with Visual…
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install shield referenced project dll

I am trying to make an (web for IIS) installer package with install shield limited edition. I added the project primary output and content files and debug symbols to the installer, the setup is built, it is installed correctly but now the…
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setting file permissions with installshield limited edition

The installshield LE has deprecated features. Setting file permssions has been disabled. Is there a way to set file permssions. I tried running a post installation exe which uses icacls to set permissions but requires admin privileges to set…
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InstallShield LE: Customizing uninstall

I wrote a free utility that changes system settings. Some users mistakenly think that they can undo the changes simply by uninstalling the utility. When they try to uninstall, I want to show them a message telling them that they have to use the…
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install shield limited edition - backup a file and place it after installation mostly at same place

I created setup using install shield limited edition :( our requirement is whenever the setup is run, if application already exists, need to uninstall, before uninstalling, backup a file and place it after installation at same place how can i do…
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