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For issues relating to deployment using WiX toolset, version 3.8.

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Multiple entry in C# custom action dll in WIX

Can We have multiple dll entry as below example : I have one Binary entry : Calling custom action
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view readme on finish button issues

So I have an option on the finish screen where a checkbox appears asking if the user wants to view the readme. If the box is checked and you click finish it correctly brings up the readme in notepad but it does not finish the install. It just sits…
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How can I use bind.FileVersion when harvesting using Heat?

I've previously used... ... to define a version variable for use in my installers. For the first time I'm using Heat.exe to harvest the files/folders I need in my installer (which…
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Merge Existing Config File in Wix

I'm using WiX 3.8 and trying to update my existing .config file on minor update but I'm having difficulties understanding how to achieve this. I created a custom action to read values from the existing config file but can't figure out how to insert…
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How to insert a custom dialog before welcomeDlg without messing up the UI-Sequence

i want to create a custom dialog, scheduled before the welcome dialog. The custom dialog has a bitmap-control, some text-controls and two buttons for cancel (SpawnDialog->CancelDlg) and next (NewDialog->WelcomeDlg). No fancy custom actions or…
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Setting DCom Security settings in WiX

I have a need to set dcom security via my installer and was wondering if there was a native way to do this within WiX. I'm looking to grant a user I'm creating upon installation Access and Launch and Activate permissions via the following…
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Wix3.8 WixUI_Advanced dialog how to skip license agreement

I am using wix3.8 and in my install MSI, i need InstallScopeDlg which is only available using WixUI_Advanced, however I do not the first dialog which is the license agreement. I have seen a lot of posts on how to skip (or not display) that dialog…
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Is it possible to have advertised shortcuts and ProgId for a per user MSI?

I have a permachine MSI installer that I'm converting to a per user installer that is installing files to the LocalAppDataFolder. To get rid of ICE38 warnings I added a registry as the keypath. The problem is in one of my components I have a…
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WiX 3.8 MSI for a 32-bit and a 64-bit machine

I have Visual Studio 2012, WiX 3.8 setup project and Burn bootstrapper. Everything works fine if I target a 32-bit machine. I want to create two separate MSI files for 32-bit and 64-bit with localizations. But, I cannot find a 64-bit target option…
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HEAT5151 The given assembly name or codebase was invalid

When building my WiX project with WiX 3.8 in VS 2013, I get: heat.exe(0,0): warning HEAT5151: Could not harvest data from a file that was expected to be an assembly:…
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How to tell WiX what version of VsixInstaller to use?

I want to install my VSIX with an msi using WiX. i have the folowing code in my wxs file …
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Wix - Superseding patch doesn't do anything

I've seen many questions like this one asked all over the place but I've found none with my particular twist on it that has been answered. I'm using purely wix to build minor upgrades. This question is an example which is muchlike my scenario,…
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Not possible to pass WixBundleProviderKey variable to msipackage

I have a problem with the burn built-in variable WixBundleProviderKey. I need to pass the value of this variable to an msi package. My problem is that the value of this variable is not evaluated, and the msi will only receive an empty string. I have…
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How to keep a configuration file when on upgrade but remove it on uninstall?

I want to keep a config file when on upgrading but remove it on uninstalling.
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error CNDL0027 : The File/@Name attribute's value, is not a valid 8.3-compliant name

When I am running the windows installer build using WIX 2.0 tool set i am getting the below error. error CNDL0027 : The File/@Name attribute's value, is not a valid. Legal names contain no more than 8 characters followed by an optional extension of…
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