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The WiX Toolset (formerly known as Windows Installer XML) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages and WiX bootstrappers 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 and EXE bootstrappers. For the cloud-based web development platform, use the [velo] tag.

The WiX Toolset (formerly known as Windows Installer XML) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages and WiX bootstrappers from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI setup packages, MSM merge modules, MSP patches and EXE bootstrappers. The installer also provides a Visual Studio extension that creates WiX projects, which can be built with Visual Studio or MSBuild.

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What is the purpose of administrative installation initiated using msiexec /a?

Windows Installer technology supports administrative installation. The command line for initiating administrative installation is: 'msiexec /a setup.msi'. I want to understand the purpose of this type of installation and in what scenarios are they…
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Include all Files in Bin folder in Wix installer

I'm new in Wix, I succefully create an MSI installer for my project, but my Bin folder have a lot of DLL's files with EXE main file, I want to include all these files with the installer I found THIS solution, that seems right but unfortunately I can…
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What is the WiX equivilent of Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData from .NET?

I need to install a file into the Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData folder, which differs between XP and Vista. Is there a built in way to reference the correct folder in WiX or will I have to use conditional checks for OS and do it…
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How to log an installation made from a WiX bundle

When creating a Windows installer using the WiX (Windows Installer for XML) toolset, how do you make the install process write logging information to a log file? Is there a command-line switch which triggers the output of the log file?
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How do I make a WIX MSI always remove a previous version?

I have CI build system builds an MSI whenever a developer checks in a change. We run automated acceptance tests on the installed MSI. Basically every MSI is a complete install of the product, so we don't have any versioning (ala Windows installer)…
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Referencing a WixVariable defined in a WiX Library Project from a WiX Setup Project

I'm trying to configure a WiX setup and library so that the version of one of the files in the library is used as the Product/@Version in the setup. Background In a setup with the files defined locally this is relatively straightforward in that…
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How do I pass msiexec properties to a WiX C# custom action?

I have an MSI file being created with Wxs 3.0. My MSI references a C# custom action, written using the new C# Custom Action project. I want to pass an argument to msiexec that gets routed to my custom action - for example: msiexec /i MyApp.msi…
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Typelib Generation and Installation with WiX

After asking about what Visual Studio does to register a COM Library, it became clear that VS did two things for COM registration: Registered the COM Library Creates and registers a Type Library Visual Studio seems to do this registration using…
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WiX script with only Welcome and Completed screens

I need a WiX 3 script to display to display only 2 dialogs: Welcome & Completed. Thats it no need for EULA, folder selection etc. All help appreciated.
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Why isn't my service deleted on uninstall? (WIX)

Even after a reboot, the service is still there, even though the executable file is gone. I'm using WIX version 3.0.5419.0
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WiX: How to register application to start when Windows launches?

I'm exploring distribution of .NET desktop applications with MSI generated by WiX. So far it works great. But I've got a few questions, googling can't help out with. What's the advised way of registering application to start when windows launches…
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Windows Installer and the creation of WiX

We currently use WiX for building our MSI files, and as such it is the only MSI builder I have had experience using. I know you can build installers natively in Visual Studio though. What are the differences between using WiX and Windows Installer,…
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WiX ServiceControl Stop a service on uninstall, but don't start it on install

I need the service to stop and be removed on its uninstall, but I don't want it to start on install. The problem is, the start attribute on the ServiceControl element does not provide an option to disable starting. Or am I just missing it? I'm using…
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wix installer failing Error code 2819

I am attempting to build an installer with wix. It compiles and runs. Unfortunately when I run it, I accept the license agreement and hit next, then it explodes. Error "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This…
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Wix - Setting Install Folder correctly

I'm creating a program which is being installed by Wix, using VS 2010 and I've already got the product.wxs ready. In my wxs file, I've got directory definitions which looks like this:
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