Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [installshield]

InstallShield (not including limited edition) is a software tool for creating MSI installers or software packages. InstallShield is primarily used for making an installer (MSI) for Microsoft Windows desktop and server platforms, but it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices.

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, but it can also be used to manage software applications and packages on a variety of handheld and mobile devices.

2423 questions
4
votes
1 answer

Privilege elevation on MSI uninstall with Installshield and user dialog

I need to achieve the following: The uninstallation of an MSI should present a user dialog based on which Windows Installer knows how exactly to remove the software (in this case: The user must choose whether or not to remove databases as…
Mephisztoe
  • 3,276
  • 7
  • 34
  • 48
4
votes
1 answer

Why is the autorun information by the startup shortcut created by InstallSheild incorrect?

I have an InstallShield 2013 project that puts a shortcut into the Startup folder. When I run the installer, the shortcut is placed correctly and seems to have the correct path information. All seems well. Then I look at the startup information…
Benjamin
  • 921
  • 5
  • 15
4
votes
1 answer

Enable Windows Feature\Role through Installshield

Our application supported for OS 'Windows server 2012 R2'. We have an application in which we need to have 'Application Initialization' feature to be enabled. We have used Installshield 2014 for making the installer of our application. I have found…
Mehul Vaghela
  • 478
  • 4
  • 20
4
votes
2 answers

How to create own MSI package with Open Source Software?

does anyone know an Open Source Software for creating own MSI packages? I wanna create an MSI file for installing a 3rd party Software. Currently it's installed via different commands (bat-file) and with different configuration files. Is there a…
Timo
  • 49
  • 1
  • 1
  • 4
4
votes
1 answer

Application is extracting itself every time when runs

I have created an application with WPF and code is used C# but it gives a problem that whenever setup is silently installed with cmd command e.g. setup.exe /s /v/qn it works perfectly to extract all the items containing in it after above given…
RaviKant Hudda
  • 1,042
  • 10
  • 25
4
votes
5 answers

Target 64-bit program files folder with the latest Install Shield LE

Previous versions of Install Shield Limited Edition have not supported the creation of 64-bit packages, but rumor has it that it now does (see comments under the accepted answer here), as of Visual Studio 2013. I'm using VS 2013 with the latest…
rory.ap
  • 34,009
  • 10
  • 83
  • 174
4
votes
1 answer

Global String in Installshield

I am trying to do have a global string in Installshield so I can access it in multiple places. This is my first run at scripting in it. Here is what I have: STRING DIR; .... DIR="c:\\tempdir"; function Completed_Action() begin // Here is…
Corv1nus
  • 4,523
  • 1
  • 26
  • 37
4
votes
1 answer

What are the constraints with regards to version numbers when using installshield and msi

For internal reasons our current version was set to 901.0.1500.0, our project is a C# .NET one and uses installShield for installation, patch creation, upgrades etc... During our testing it all worked fine but we did recently came across several…
Tal
  • 51
  • 1
  • 3
4
votes
2 answers

Passing config file to MSI as argument and need to use it by Custom action with Silent Installation

I have created Basic MSI Project for creating installer for my project in Installshield 2014 and it is working fine. I have also created a custom action to execute my exe file while installing the application. Then i create a Silent Installer using…
Rajkumar G
  • 247
  • 1
  • 4
  • 13
4
votes
1 answer

Use Inno Setup to delete another application not installed with Inno Setup during installation

I have an old VB6 application that is deployed using a very old 16 bit version of InstallShield. I have created a new installer with Inno Setup to be 64 bit friendly for my VB6 application with updates. All of my users already have the existing…
user296529
4
votes
1 answer

Machine restarts without warning when installing VSTO 2010 v. 10.0.40303

I'm trying to accomodate our installation software to include VSTO 2010 Runtime (v. 10.0.40303) as a pre-requisite prior to installing our software. What happens when we try to install our software on client machines (Win7 and Win8) is that the…
llykke
  • 253
  • 2
  • 14
4
votes
3 answers

How do I prevent InstallShield 1158 errors?

Sometimes, when running an InstallShield installation, an error dialog will appear containing the text "1158", and OK button, and nothing else. InstallShield error 1158 means there was a problem with loading strings from the associated ini file, but…
Kevin Kibler
  • 13,357
  • 8
  • 38
  • 61
4
votes
2 answers

Setting Version of InstallShield 2009 InstallScript project from IsCmdBld.exe

I am very new to InstallShield and have inherited a InstallScript project. I have mostly figured out my way around and fixed most of the problems. However, I wish to build this project automatically on our build server with each build of our…
Brett Widmeier
  • 1,056
  • 1
  • 13
  • 22
4
votes
1 answer

How to rename a Prerequisite

I am new in installshield.I created a new Prerequisite, but I do not see where I can change the name so that when you run the install it does not show up as "MySetupPrerequisite1". how can I change this name so the user sees a better description of…
Umesh Sehta
  • 10,555
  • 5
  • 39
  • 68
4
votes
1 answer

Is installshield suited in this scenario?

The scenario my company asked me to find solution is, Install MySql Create Users and grand privileges Create a database Install Multiple exe files Run 3-4 sql scripts. Ok so i saw InstallShield features, i was looking at NSIS option too but my…
krabos
  • 141
  • 1
  • 4
1 2 3
…
99 100