Questions tagged [setup-deployment]

Microsoft Setup and Deployment Wizard for Visual Studio or the .NET framework

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Installed wpf application is denied access to data files

I have a content folder at /Data in my project. When I build it and also when I used the visual studio installation creater, the files are there. When I run the program, it says it is denied access to these files. How do I let the program have…
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How to make the sql database installer setup in visual studio use Windows Authentication?

I have been following this tutorial to install the database script using a setup. But it only works for the SQL login credentials. Walkthrough: Using a Custom Action to Create a Database at Installation How do I make this work with Windows…
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Two Setups For Same Project (visual studio 2008 , c#)

I have a Visual Studio project written in C#. I want to have 2 different setups for different languages. For example, setup-en for step to be in English and setup-es for a Spanish installer. I want the project to be built depending on the setup.…
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How to display a message box prompting the user to insert a next disk in Visual Studio Setup project?

I'm working on a Visual Studio Setup project which consist over 10Gb Cab File. My question is: How can I publish this project on the two disk and display a message box prompting the user to insert a next disk?
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Publishing Windows Form Application on Other Computer's IIS

I am trying to publish my Windows Form Application using ClickOnce on the IIS of other Computer (in the network) as my computer do not have IIS installed. But while publishing it gives me error Failed to connect to 'http://10.11.41.12/test/' with…
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Dynamically add files to user data folder with visual studio setup project

I have a solution under which i have two projects : -- MyApp -which needs to be deployed --Documentation -- file1 -- file2 -- MySetup project I want to add the contents of the Documentation folder dynamically to User Personal Data…
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app config vs registry? What's the preferred method in .NET?

I'm developing an Add In for Outlook (2007 and 2010) using .NET4 to be deployed within a company. I've been using App configs to store user and system configuration, but I've been told by the IT guys that registry entries are preferred over App…
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Auto Start Windows Services through Installer in VS.Net 2008

I have installed Windows Services using Setup and Deployment Wizard. I have successfully installed Services with the help of link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zt39148a%28v=VS.90%29.aspx .But when I go to services(Services.msc) I see…
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Executable not requesting elevated when part of deployment project

I've created an executable that's called by another app for processes that require UAC elevated privileges. If I build this project with the below manifest it requests UAC fine, if I add this projects output to my setup project it creates it without…
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Free deployment for Visual Basic 2010 Express application that requires admin rights

I'm using VB.Net and Visual Basic Express 2010. I'm looking to create a single .exe install file to distribute my application. But in order for my application to work, I need to mark my app. as requiring admin rights. Click Once is not really an…
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Problem installing UE5 via Linux Ubuntu terminal

First off, I'm a noob. So this is all new to me. I downloaded Linux_Unreal_Engine_5.0.3.zip from unrealengine.com/en-US/linux and I also downloaded V20 clang-13.0.1-based as well as V19 clang-11.0.1-based just in case because I didn't know which…
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Deploy to production through maven

I'd like to create a goal in maven to deploy my java webapp to production tomcat 7 instances. What's the best way to go about doing this? I'm hoping there's a plugin that handles SFTP'ing the war and telling tomcat to reload. This plugin would…
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How does the Chrome Setup.exe work under the hood on a Windows PC?

Chrome has a very smooth installation process and I would like to imitate this setup behavior in my own application. How can I leverage this in .NET? What are the limitations? Is there any comparable Microsoft technology in the .NET Framework? (or…
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Recognizing files with an application

After I save a file in a folder with correct extension, when I go back and look at it, the file is unrecognizable to the application. The file association appears to be lost. I want Windows to be able to recognize all files with a particular…
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How do I add launch condition for Windows 7 and above in setup project (VS 2010)

I am creating a Setup project using VS 2010, where I want that setup should run only if it is running on Windows 7 or above operating system. How can I add a launch condition for this in setup and deployment project?