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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.

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Always perform removal/reinstallation during upgrade

I'm having a little trouble understanding how InstallShield treats upgrades. What I want is to be able to increment the version number on the installer, recompile, and distribute my installer. This should automatically remove any previous version of…
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Installshield Warning -6487: what does it mean

I am having this warning: ISDEV : warning -6487: If you intend to distribute this upgrade as a patch, you should author the 'Patch Optimization' setting on the Advanced Settings panel of the Release Wizard while creating the setup with…
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InstallShield Missing Dependencies

I am trying to build my setup using the installshield software as in VS2012, you must use it. I have managed to prepare but I have one problem which is these warnings: Warning 5 -6248: Could not find dependent file u2dmapi.dll, or one of its…
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Installshield Limited Edition licencing on build server

I have recently installed Installshield LE on my local PC for vs2010, built a package and now wanting it to be built on our build server. I have also installed it on our build server. I am getting the error: error : -7159: The product license has…
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Customise setup.exe icon from default using InstallShield LE

So I am trying to figure out whether I can add a custom icon to the final install file (setup.exe). Currently, the project is using the InstallShield icon as shown below: I cannot find any field to change to customise the setup.exe icon. Do I need…
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How do I add a Windows file type association using InstallShield?

I wrote an application to accept a filepath (file with custom extension) as an argument and then do some processing on it. The idea being that I could associate (using windows functionality) the custom file with my executable app that I install (via…
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handle "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue..."

I have 32-bit and 64-bit versions of my installer which have (nearly) the exact same code & custom action sequence (there are only minor differences which are not relevant to this issue) I want my installer to detect whether it has already been…
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Installer not overwriting an old DLL that was branched for a client

I have an InstallShield 2012 Basic MSI project that I have been maintaining for our company. I am not a trained InstallShield developer (merely the lowest [at the time] on the totem pole), but I've picked up enough over the months to get everything…
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InstallShield Visual Studio not installing Service

I have a Service project within .NET using C#. I have then used InstallShield 2012 within Visual Studio to create a MSI that should install my Service, however when I run the MSI, theService never shows in the Services window. I have created the…
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Replacing VDPROJ Setup files with InstallShield/WIX

Our product currently installs via 4-5 MSI's which are created from .vdproj files which consist are created from the output from vs 2010 projects and additional information in merge modules. I have been looking at InstallShield and WIX as a possible…
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Exclude folder under dynamic links in Installshield

Is there a way to exclude a folder that is located under a dynamic link in InstallShield? So I have a dynamic link that starts at PATH A, and the following is a small example directory structure: PATH A --- PATH B --- PATH C (which…
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InstallShield 2009 basic MSI silent install: how to set "Repair" by default

Install shield premiere 2009: Basic MSI from command line typing setup.exe /s /v/qn installs silently. But if its installed once before it chooses "Modify" by default and doesn't go for replacing files. But i need to copy again the files. How to…
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InstallShield how to never overwrite a file

I have one file in my filestructure (a FireBird database) that, once it is installed the first time, should never be overwritten again. This seems like an easy enough task, but I've wasted an inordinate amount of time trying fruitlessly to find an…
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Any auto solution for ISDEV fatal error -1014 due to target release folder pointed by win explorer?

My installshield project build gave such error: "ISDEV : fatal error -1014: Cannot rename directory *\Release to *\Release.Bak. Windows Explorer or a DOS prompt may be pointing to a subfolder of the release output folder (Disk1) or to the…
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Nested Wow6432Node key in InstallShield

I have a problem where after my InstallShield project is built and I test the install on a clean 64bit Windows 7 machine, it creates a Wow6432Node key within a Wow6432Node key when I check regedit at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE. Everything registers…
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