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Programs used to create installers are generically called setup projects. In most cases you are probably using a tool (on Windows examples are Visual Studio, InnoSetup, WiX, Advanced Installer, Wise, InstallShield) to create the setup, so a more accurate and useful tag would be one for that specific tool.

Because the requisite process varies for each program and each computer, many programs (including operating systems) come with a general-purpose or dedicated installation program called an installer–a specialized program which automates most of the work required for their installation.

The program which create installer are setup project.

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Visual Studio Build Fails on Configuring SQL Server 2005

I'm trying to build a setup project in Visual Studio 2005, and it is failing every time, after opening a dialog box labeled Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools and configuring for a few minutes. The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools dialog then launches…
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Add .Net Framework 2.0 in VS Setup Project

I have setup project that requires .Net Framework 2.0 before installation. So, I want to make my project to install .Net first and then my project. How can I add .Net installation file inside my Setup Project and force it to install first during the…
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couldn't create files in my documents if my documents folder is redirect to another location in setup project

I'm creating a setup project, in the installation, I should create a file in My Documents folder, my code in Commit method looks like this: base.Commit(savedState); string folderPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments)…
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Creating One MSI for multiple project

I have 2 projects. I want to create ONE single MSI setup package that will install both of those projects. In My Application Folder I have created 2 subfolders (Project A and Project B folder). So after the install, the project ouputs will be in…
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Create Site,Virtual directory and APP pool by a setup file

I want to create a Application pool and a Web site in IIS. To create that I started to create a "msi" setup file. But unfortunately the setup begins with asking the Site , Virtual Directory and the App pool. Is there a way to create the Site ,…
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Package Visual Studio Setup Project for Silent installation with Group Policy

I have a Visual Studio Setup Project created to install a VSTO application. The Setup Project outputs an EXE and 2 MSI files. One MSI for the VSTO and another MSI for Office Runtime dependency. I know the setup.exe is used to check for…
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Identify whether user running msi installer is admin or not

I want to add functionality to my visual studio 2008 setup project such that it will pop up a message box saying the user running the installer is administrator or non admin user. Is there any way to do this where I parse some command string and if…
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InstallAware 18 VS InstallShield 2013

We are planning to create setup file for our project, our research lead us to: InstallAwere 18 InstallShield 2013 We have some requirements that must be supported: Windows Server 2012 Able to run other MSI/EXE Full support for…
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Handling Checkboxes through custom actions in windows installer and visual studio 2008

I have developed a setup project in Visual studio 2008. In my setup project I have UI dialog having 5 checkboxes. According to user's selection of checkboxes, I want to pass few arguments to another .exe which will run after the installation is…
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C# service: setup returns error 1001. Source MyService already exists on the local computer. EventID 11001

Currently I try to create a C# (2010) service. I have created a visual studio setup project. Whenever I try to install the service I get the message Error 1001. Source MyService already exists on the local computer. In the eventlog I find the…
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.exe not opening C# window form application?

i have made my setup and deployment project of C# windows form Application by following these steps exactly http://documentation.devexpress.com/#xaf/CustomDocument3235. it successfully make installation project for me which i then install on another…
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What's the best way to build an MSI?

I have been building MSI's from Visual Studio Standard/Professional for many years, and have had endless issues with not the first iteration, but future builds. Typically, the assembly manifests don't get updated properly with dependencies when I…
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C# Setup issues

I created a setup file for c# windows application. When installing this setup and launching application it fails and giving following exceptions. See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this…
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C# custom action windows form focused issue

Background: I used Visual Studio setup project to deploy one of C# application to client windows server. While installing the application I need to setup a scheduled task in the server as well For this I used a Custom Action feature in the setup…
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Patching an MSI created with Visual Studio 2005 Setup projects .vdproj

Folks, What should be the process of patching an MSI file that was created by VS 2005 using the setup projects ? I need to create an MSP file that will replace a few files only; is this doable via VS or any other tools ?
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