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

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Wix - Where do I install Windows features

I'm using the following code to install Windows features (like the IIS) within my msi-setup which also installs my wcf services.
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Wix installation fails on Server 2003 when using Wix Extensions

I have an *.msi installation that uses Wix Extensions : WixFirewallExtension (To create firewall exceptions) WixNetFxExtention (To create Native Images at install time) This msi fails with the error "Installation ended prematurely..." when…
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WiX: WIX Logs show two INSTALL actions. What is the first one?

I am analyzing the WiX logs (/Lv) during the installation process very carefully. What i realized, that during the install process two INSTALL actions will be started. The second one during the first is still processing. What is the first Install…
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wix custom action to remove http binding

I have a Wix installer to deploy my application in IIS. I want to remove HTTP binding when it deploys. Below is the cmd command that helps in removing the HTTP binding: “set site /site.name:"My Project Management"…
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Display installation summary in exit dialog in Wix installer

There is a requirement that I am working on to display installation summary information at the end of successful installation on exit dialog. The information contains the features selected for installation and other user inputs during user…
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The system cannot find the file "wixca.dll"

I migrated the project from Wix 2.0 to 4.0, then when i am trying to build the project from visual studio 2017 (Votive) to generate installer software package, I am getting the below error: The system cannot find the file "wixca.dll" I looked into…
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wix - error CNDL0004: The file element contains an unexpected attribute "src" when running from the command line

When I run the below command from the command line for the WIx installer after migrated from version 2.0 to 4.0 E:\Code\PCPE\builder>ant -v -f Build.xml -Dlabel =.001 install I am getting the below error: error CNDL0004: The file element contains…
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When migrating Wix 3.0 to Wix 4.0 getting error : WXCP0006 : The whitespace preceding this node is incorrect (WhitespacePrecedingNodeWrong)

When I am migrating Wix 3.0 to Wix 4.0 using WixCOP I am getting the error WXCP0006 : The whitespace preceding this node is incorrect (WhitespacePrecedingNodeWrong) I am running the below command WixCop.exe -f…
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Wix if and else if condition inside component element

I have a .wxs file for program installation. I want to pass a part of installation depending on the IIS version (for ex. execute if IIS verion > #10 set something and else if <= #7 set something ) and continue to install other parts.
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How do you detect installed product versions at each startup?

This problem, in fact, is to avoid a problem I will not solve When I install my product once and I use the MSI again, the unloading process is performed. However, this does not remove residual information from the registry, which must be cleaned Up…
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Simple WiX Custom Action in Custom UI Ends Prematurely with Windows 7

My WiX installer UI is getting error while using the Custom Action. Interesting part is, the installer is working fine in Windows 10 but while launching it on Windows 7, installer is getting interrupted. From the installer logs, the error code is…
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Custom Action for Feature in WIX

I am trying to execute an EXE file through my installation and this file should be installed if the related feature will be installed in the feature tree. I have two questions : 1-How to relate the Custom Action to this feature."The condition" 2-…
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How can I change the width of the Textbox in the header?

We are using Wix Toolset 3.11 to build an .msi. We use a banner that contains our company logo: The Problem: Our logo has a width of 130px. In some Dialogs, the text in the header is too long…
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WIX bootstrapper files in use dialog for multiple MSI packages

I've created a WIX Bootstrapper application that installs two MSI packages. One of which is a simple application that can be installed by just closing an already running instance and without reboot. The other package installs a library to be used by…
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How to skip set of files when creating pure WIX patch

I am working on a patch using pure WIX. How can I exclude one or more files explicitly from the patch. Suppose my baseline image consist of binaryA, Binary B and Binary C. I dont want to included Binary C in my patch creation. Is this feasible when…
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