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For issues relating to deployment using Windows Installer XML, version 3.5.

The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages.

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Silently executing a PowerShell script from WiX Hangs PowerShell

Note: This question is also posted on the WiX Users mailing list. I am trying to silently execute a PowerShell script from a WiX produced MSI. However, anytime I run the installer PowerShell hangs. Interestingly enough, according to the installer…
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Error 2896 using a WiX C#/.NET 4 custom action

I am trying to use my first custom action in WiX and I get: error 2896: Executing action CustomActionTest failed. I am using Visual Studio 2010, WiX 3.5, 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate, .NET Framework 4. Here are what I think are the relevant…
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Wix *.msi installer Icon and logos

According to this http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/user-interface/ui-wizardry I have created the following code
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WiX unresolved reference to symbol media 1 in section fragment

I am trying to build my WiX Project in Visual Studio 2010, but everytime I build, I receive the following error messages: Unresolved reference to symbol 'Media1' in section 'Fragment:' Unresolved reference to symbol 'Media1' in section…
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Detect 64bit system from 32bit WIX installer

I have a 32bit WIX installer that installs a .NET based windows service. I need to use one external .dll that comes in 32bit and 64bit versions. Is there any way a 32bit installer can detect it's running on a 64bit machine? I want to then…
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WiX: Mysterious and hard-to-diagnose ICE validation errors on build server build

I'm trying to integrate WiX into my automated build solution using TFS 2010 running on Windows Server 2008 R2. Everything seemed very easy, and then I get this: light.exe: Error executing ICE action 'ICE01'. The most common cause of this kind of…
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How to add net.tcp to the "Enabled protocols" by using a WIX 3.5 project/setup?

We have a few MSI packages (generated by WIX) that install WCF services. Most of these services need net.tcp for their endpoint bindings. I'd like to make our deployment life easier and automate the process of adding net.tcp. I already know the…
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WIX: How to register an Application to a URL Protocol?

In WiX you can register file types easily:
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How do I suppress ICE errors from merge modules

I build an installer using WiX 3.5. The installer utilizes VB6 merge modules. I always get a lot of error messages from light similar to this: error LGHT0204: ICE03: Table: Class Column: CLSID Missing specifications in _Validation Table (or Old…
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How to prevent Wix from removing registry entries on uninstall?

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Cannot register DLL using WiX

I am trying to register a DLL using WiX. Now I know and understand that I should use heat and get it to pull the registry information for me, but heat seems to fail with the following error message: heat.exe : warning HEAT5150 : Could not harvest…
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Why does the UAC dialog take a long time to be displayed?

I am working on a Windows installer using the WIX toolkit, and it takes FOR EVER (15-45 seconds) for the UAC dialog to pop up during an install. is there any way to speed this up?
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Install features based on checkboxes

I am trying to make it so that when the user selects something via check box, a corresponding feature will be installed. I am aware of the prebuilt feature tree that Wix provides but there are some other things that I am doing that do not allow me…
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Inserting a copyright / registered symbol in the installer using Wix

I want to know if one a particular dialog i want to insert a copyright symbol , how would i do that i insert the symbol in th text options in the xml file howevr it results in an error while compiling the .wxs file. Thanks
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registering com dll in wix

If not self registering. then how do we perform the COM dll registering while installation using WIX? As per the tutorial, I used ComPlusApplication example (non .net dll). But its not working. It fails to register. I can register using regsvr32…
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