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vdproj is the build file extension for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET applications. The plaintext file stores build settings and file references.

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Visual Studio 2015 CE Setup Installer: Redistributable Package

I have my my setup project in (Visual Studio 2015: Community Edition) ready to be built and create my program installer. But, obviously the program will not work on other computers without the appropriate redistributable package installed on the…
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Is there some built in progress logging in the vdrpoj or wix installer projects?

I'm looking to add a log file to our installer. Is there something built in to either the CustomActions or Wix maybe? I'd like to debug installer issues by viewing a log file and maybe writing progress and errors to that file.
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How to skip action defined in Installer's BeforeUninstall function when upgrading to WiX

Our current setup project created using vdproj needs to be migrated to WiX. During the process, we are facing problem while upgrading existing vdproj msi to WiX msi. The existing implementation performs some action on 'BeforeUninstall' event of…
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how do I open a solution that has a vdproj in it in VS2010?

I think the correct answer is "just open it" but I can't because of this error message: I'm using VS 2010 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel. Is there something I have to install to get it to open solutions that use vdproj files? (changing over to a Wix file is…
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How to encode special characters in .vdproj registry string?

We got a .vdproj file that produces an .msi file. Upon installing, strings in variuous languages are added in the registry. But the special charactes comes out all wrong. I cannot open the .vdproj as it requires VS 2005. But in text it looks like…
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Running my Setup project causes "module failed to register" error

I'm trying to deploy my project and create an installer. I've created a .vdproj, that has an output setup.msi When running the .msi setup wizard, i'm getting the error: "Module xyz failed to register. HRESULT -2147024769. Contact your support…
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Teambuilding and deploying a dll (e.g. wpftoolkit.extended.dll)

The app I work on needs to use the wpftoolkit.extended.dll (i.e. no source, no msi/installer, we've only got the dll). So far we've placed the dll in a c:\libs folder on both the dev's laptop and the teambuild server and it built ok on both; now for…
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MSBuild create VDPROJ

I know that msbuild does not support VDPROJ files, but it maybe built using command line devenv. I want to build all prjects (C#) using msbuild task and only after that starting specific setup project from my solution. Of course this projects has…
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How to deployment dll manually in resource Biztalk Server 2016?

Can anyone help to deploy Biztalk application on Biztalk server 2016 manually. My code has one .csproj and one .btproj file. Application was already deployed via Visual studio 2015 by installing Visual studio 2015 on Biztalk server and deploying it…
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Way to start a console application with elevated privileges from a Custom Action in a Windows Installer Setup Project?

The installation for my WPF App is very simple and works the way I want currently, however I want one cusom action to occur during uninstall, where it calls the executable/dll of a project in the same solution which is installed alongside the…
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Visual Studio Installer does not install updated exe.config file

I'm using a Visual Studio Installer Project to install a .NET Framework application. It seems that in some cases, the [ApplicationName].exe.config file (i.e. App.config) does not get updated when installing a new version. If you uninstall and…
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VS 2022 .Net 6 MSISetup Project Missing web.deps.json file

We have developed sample.web application on the .net 6 in VS 2022, it created sample.web.deps.json file under the folder \bin\Release\net6.0\ during the local build. But the setup project to create the msi did not create the file…
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Legacy VS setup project (VDPROJ) Upgrade Only runs Custom Action if Major & Minor versions in AssemblyInfo.cs match previous version

I have an existing VDPROJ that has custom actions to stop and start a service before and after an install. The custom action calls a dll that handles the service state changes. Everything works great as long as the first two digits of…
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Building vdproj via devenv.com doesn't pack all dependencies

I'm developing a plugin (C# dll) in VS2019, and I need installer project. Since ClickOnce is not available for dlls, I had to resort to old Windows Installer (vdproj). So far so good. The catch is: if I build it by hand, from IDE, everthing is fine,…
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Build installer projects from visual studio 2022 command line

Recently I upgraded a project to Visual Studio 2022. I am using command line to build the installer project (.vdproj) using the command something shown below devenv.com /build . The command used to build file…
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