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

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Can a WiX bootstrapper rollback major upgrades in a way the end user expects?

I have a bootstrapper application with several msi packages in the chain. For convenience, the msi packages always perform a major upgrade that completely removes a product before the new version is installed. When a rollback is necessary during an…
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Include Image in Managed Burn BootstrapperApplication

I'm working on an installer with wix using Burn and a custom bootstrapper application. Everything works fine, but i fail to include a simple image into my application UI. I include the Image into my UI like this:
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How to set ALLUSERS based on your selected in InstallScope Dialog in WIX?

I use WiX 3.8 to create a install pakeage. My installer should enable both per-user and per-machine installation. I would like to achieve that by using radio buttons ("Everyone" and "Just me"). I found a couple of references on the…
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session.Message box is not visible when running MSI via a WiX Burn Bootstrapper

I'm trying to run several MSIs in series using Burn and for one of these MSIs I need to display the UI because the user has to select various install options.
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WiX: How to allow autogenerated ComponentGroup to autogenerate Guids

I used heat.exe to generate a .wxs file that lists all the files that I want to install. I told heat to put them in a ComponentGroup so I could reference them from another (hand-generated) .wxs file. However, the autogenerated file specifications…
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WiX: How to mix hand-generated and auto-generated .wxs content?

I have a project that has a large number of files. Between versions of our software, new files get added and some get removed. Therefore, in automating our build process, I would like to have heat auto-generate a .wxs file (let's call it…
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WiX: Duplicate symbol 'ControlEvent:ExitDialog/Finish/EndDialog/Return/1' found

I have a WiX 3.8 installer Product.wxs that builds correctly in Visual Studio 2010 Professional. I just wanted to experiment with modifying the steps workflow of the installer, so I added the UI block from this answer just after the…
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Add custom radio buttons to set ALLUSERS property

I would like to be able to set the ALLUSERS property to either blank for current user or 1 for all users using two radio buttons placed in the 'Destination Folder' dialog. I understand that this is the code to run for current user:
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Run Custom Action With Elevated permissions after InstallFinalize

I need to encrypt the connection string in the .config file of an app that's going to be used in our labs. To do so I followed the instructions found here…
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WiX 3.8 integration with Visual Studio 2013

I am using Visual Studio 2013 for Winforms development. I recently installed Wix Tools version 3.8 for setup and installation projects. However, when I create a new setup project the WIx designer buttons do not show up on the Solution Explorer…
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WIX Generate multilingual installer

I'm new to WIX and i'm using Wix 3.8 VS 2012. I managed to Generate .msi to .exe using this amazing tool. From this tutorial : http://max.zamorsky.name/node/78, I managed to change the installer to French. I would like to make a multilingual…
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WIX: An ambiguous error LGHT0204 for RemoveRegistryKey but not for RemoveRegistryValue

This works fine: …
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Two ARP entries if installing MSI first and then a bundle containing the MSI

Why do I get two AddRemoveProgram entries if I install the setup.msi first, and then install the bundle.exe containing the setup.msi. Here is the Chain in my bundle.
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Is it possible to have multiple condition (bal) for a wix bundle?

I'm trying to manage .Net framework installation for different windows versions in an unique bundle. For that, I want to have 2 different conditions with 2 specific messages which is more helpful than an unique message for multiple cases. Basically,…
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Wix - How to get user input from a previously installed msi?

I'm trying to do an installer using wix 3.8. I can use custom properties to store my own input, but I'd like to use values that where inputs on a previously installed msi. Is there a way to accomplish such thing?.
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