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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InstallShield installation has different Current-Directory to Deployment installer
my C# application built using Visual Studio 2010 had a deployment project which was being used to build an .MSI installer. Since we know we'll need to upgrade VS pretty soon and we know that later editions won't support the .vdproj, I've started to…
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MSI removes required assembly on upgrade install, but replaces it on Repair
I'm experiencing some weirdness related to an MSI installation upgrade, perhaps someone out there can help me:
I have two MSIs, an original and an upgrade:
MSI version 1.0
Contains a .NET assembly, foo.dll, to be installed to the GAC
foo.dll is…
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what is Hex representation of MSIUSEREALADMINDETECTION?
I need to run my installer as admin and not system as it needs to connect to a SQL server database using windows authentication. based on my research, i need to set MSIUSEREALADMINDETECTION property to "1"
I figure that these Installer properties…
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VDProj directory has no write access after installation
I have a VDProj project which I use to create a setup program for my application. I've had to install Visual Studio 2010 (on another machine) to allow me to run this, as it has been removed from VS2012.. very annoying.. but that's a different…
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Wix installed files elevate permissions
I have a WiX project, and it installs some executables and libraries on a folder located at ProgramFiles.
The problem comes when running one of these executables. Some of them need to be executed as Administrator to do all the tasks it should do.…
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Deployment of .NET 4.0 Console application to different environments
I have created a console application responsible for generating exports of data from a database. This has to be deployed to a batch server which is different than where the database is running. In the app.config I need to configure the…
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Visual Studio 2010 SP1 doesn't build when path to project long
I have solution with *.vdproj and use Visual Studio 2010 SP1.
When path to solution long d:/so/long/path/for/my/solution/my_project/trunk/ visual studio fails on building, but I don't find any errors in error log or output:
========== Rebuild All: 4…
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VS setup project destroys self when installed files are deleted
This should be pretty simple, but I can't seem to get it. I have a setup project (VS2010) that packages a few dozen image files (along with my SQLite file) and copies them to the user's computer when the program is installed. As these are…
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WiX - Elevating (or reducing) privileges at install time
I am working on a project that has been using 2 VD projects to distribute admin and user versions of installations, and now I need to switch to WiX. It was a bit painful experience with lack of documentation and all, but I managed to make something…
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".vdproj" is not supported by MSBuild and cannot be built in Azure CI/CD Pipeline
I've a windows service setup project (.vdproj) in the solution and it's being ignored by MS build during build pipeline.
How can I force the MS build to compile it to MSI?
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