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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TeamCity can't build vdproj - HRESULT = '8000000A'
I'm using TeamCity to build nightly a .vdproj installer.
I'm using this configuration in TeamCity v10:
but I got this error message
ERROR: An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = '8000000A'
I already put into regedit the DWORD…

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How to move a ProjectName.vdproj to a different directory?
I have a setup project which I would like to move to a different directory. I have found a way to change where the MSI files will go to, but I'm struggling to find a way to move vdproj files.
Thank you
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Tracking .vdproj changes using git
We have a Visual Studio setup project which generates an msi for our Windows desktop application. the vdproj file has some metadata about the files that we add to this setup project. The problem is that Visual Studio changes data (Msmkeys) for all…

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VS Setup project in VS2015 + git
I've got an old project and solution which I've figured out how to build in VS 2015 while using our old TFS version control. Since then we've moved all of our projects to Git. These setup projects require that the project be checked out (which I…

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Uninstallation of a patch uninstall the complete application
Please help on the following scenario.
I have one application installed in my machine. Particular MSI built using Visual Studio .vdproj.
There is a another patch MSI created for the same application by using Visual Studio .vdproj.
The issue is when…

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Deleting detected dependencies in vdproj file in C# setup project?
I have a visual studio setup project that I am using for on one of my project. I shows me lot of dependencies that I don't want included in my MSI, so I excluded them (from VS UI). But for some reason when I use the command line msbuild it VS2010…

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How to add my application to the context menu for .docx file types
I have wrote a program which is able to strip out the comments from a word document and create another word document to keep a nice clean audit log. The app works fine however now I want to make it easier for the user by adding an option to the…

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few Services is not running after install a wix msi?
I converted my vdproj into wix proj by using an converter.But when i built the wix project and install the setup.msi. the setup is install successfully but some of the services is not running.

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How do you reference a Wix Project Output from an Installer Vdproj project?
I have a .vdproj setup project, unfortunately, and it references some Wix projects.
Unfortunately the reference can only really be a File (full path) as the Project Output reference only permits .dll and .exe, the Wix ouput is .msi.

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Make installer use local .msi file
I'm using a Visual Studio Installer Project (.vdproj) to create an installer. When built, it outputs an .msi file and a setup.exe file. When I run the setup.exe, it downloads the .msi from the location specified in the "Installation URL" field in…

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How does register the file extension in vdproj,so that it will automatically open in the concern application
I need to register the file extension in vdproj,so that when setup is installed by someone the file is opens into registered extension.
Say for example if my program exe is able to read text file with extension of .tet, so when i create any text…

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MSI CustomActions generated by VisualStudio how to understand MSI table
I desperately trying to convert .vdproj proj. into wix project, with same custom actions(reason is that i dunno exactly what all is installation supposed to do) - right now confused about this:
/installtype=notransaction /action=install /LogFile=…

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Visual Studio Setup Project with conditional launch clause based on 32/64 bit system
I have been working on a Visual Studio Setup & Deployment project which has a pre-requisite for JRE installed in the system. I am using a search and launch condition to check for the JRE registry key and based on that providing the user with a url…

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Ignore “targeting 'xxx' is not compatible with the project's target” warning
This question has asked before here but the question has never answered.
How do I suppress the warning/error in my MS installer deployment project?
Thanks

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How to build the msi from vdproj in cmake?
I have testaddin.vdproj .I am trying to generate the .msi from that in cmake.But i don't know what command to execute in cmake add_custom_command.Please provide any solution for this problem.
Thanks in advance.

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