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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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ASP.NET project installer registry key?

I have a asp.net project, and wrote a web installer. The setup exe/msi copies that project in directory chosen by the installing user, and creates an application for it. How can I get the path my asp.net application got installed to (in the…
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installing multiple exe's at same time in window from application

I have two different windows application projects. I want that at the time of installation both will install together in same folder like one exe is installed.After installation both will work separately.There is an xml file which will be update by…
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Html5 template in Aptana Studio 3 lost, what happened to it?

I'm helping an org update its website. I had created a project in Aptana Studio 3 and at first I focused on cleaning up their folders, which were a mess. I went to make a new html file and I chose an option to use an html5 template. Then I got a…
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Setup project always clean installation

I have a setup made by Setup Project for my application. Is there a possibility to make my setup not check for any installed versions of a product? I want it to work in this way: whenever I open my setup I want it to do a clean install. I don't…
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Building Visual Studio 2008 Setup projects with the Windows 7 SDK

Is it possible to build a Visual Studio 2008 Setup project with only the Windows 7 SDK installed? My setup project refuses to build because it can't find "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\", part of the Windows 6 SDK. I…
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Create Installer for MVC -4 Web application

Here is my problem. I have a web application I wanna deliver this application to Customer so I need to create exe for this web application. When user clicks exe, it shows all the application setting to be changed with in a windows form. When user…
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Create dynamic installer package on server

First of all what the installer should do: Check if .NET 4.0 is a requirement Unpack files Generate configuration for specified user Install windows service Start windows service The only problem which I have is "3" (Generate configuration for…
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How to use installation configured variables in setup project?

Using .net's setup project, I want to write the location that my software is installed to into the registry, in order to help a plugin know where the main application is. Is there some kind of %variable% I can use which represents the folder to…
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Is there a way to separately get the Program Files output for Visual Studio setup projects?

In a Visual Studio setup project, you define a Program Files output (amongst other things of course). Is there any way to output this to a folder directly, i.e. get that output without actually building and installing the msi to Windows? What I am…
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Merge modules missing vc90_mfc_x86.msm and all the rest vc90* files

I'm running Windows 8 and have installed Visual Studio 2010 and 2012. I'm trying to build a setup project that is using vc90_mfc_x86.msm. The build fails since all the vc90* files are missing in the merge modules. There are only vc100* and vc110*…
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How to copy specific files from setup project?

I created installer with setup project in visual studio 2008. I added 2 folders (win32 & win64) with files to setup project. I want the files from win32 or win64 be placed to specific directory inside Application folder depending on CPU…
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How to make setup file from project in VS2012 C#

Recently I started programming in VS2012 C#, a Windows Forms Application and it is almost finished. I wanted to make a functional and good looking setup wizard So I searched the internet and stackoverflow and soon it became clear that NSIS is a…
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install project visual studio 2010 files cannot be executed

I have a solution in visual studio with two project, windows service in .NET 4.0 and a GUI in .net 4.5 , i moved the service to .net 4.0 so i could use visual studio 2010 setup project and just move the files in setup. The install process succeed…
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Creating setup project that update the app

The debug of my "setup project" generated in visual studio setup wizard don't update my app when I install it untill i click on it in the explorer with right button of the mouse and use "Fix" (repair) option. Here is how I set for the properties of…
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DB setup for Web2 online applications

I'm planning to code a Web2 online application and I'm looking for best-practices. I'm talking about online apps similar to web collaborative or billing apps. I'm wondering how they setup their DB? Do they put all the users info in the same DB, or…
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