Windows 10 – A Version Oddity Disclaimer: this information is to the best of my knowledge as of now (check last edit date). This issue is sort of a “moving target” – things seem to change slightly for every OS release. This is news to me as well, but it seems detecting Windows 10 is … Read more
You will have to create your own custom prerequisite. Just look at all the settings for 4.6, copy them to the new prerequisite and modify accordingly (e.g. registry entries, file paths etc.) to reflect the new version. To verify registry entries and file paths, you will need to have .NET 4.7 installed on a test … Read more
Here’s my two cents…. I don’t find the VersionNT property terribly useful. VersionNT64 is: VersionNT64 …. Not VersionNT64 to determine bitness. This is a bit of a hack (they do this, we do that…) but desperate times call for desperate measures…. In all of the compatibility games MSFT is playing they only seem to be … Read more
You are running a non-MSI driver install EXE from within your MSI? Correct? Or maybe it is an MSI wrapped in an EXE? Do you have Installshield Premier? Could you use a suite project and install the EXE via the bootstrapper before (or after) the MSI install? I have honestly never used this feature, but … Read more
Super Condensed: Install Orca, get someone else involved to help and go through the raw tables in sequence and then any custom action code. All of this is obvious – if this has happened to you and you have sensitive information in the wild: all you can do is pull back the MSI (from download … Read more
Attempted Specific Answer: Custom Actions: Based on the available information (0 conditions), I would assume one or more custom actions are used to implement the feature logic you describe above. You should be able to find the custom action code in the project’s Installscript view I would presume? (with an associated custom action entry in … Read more
Add a condition on the action so it’s only triggered during installation, not uninstallation. Action run only during Install NOT Installed AND NOT PATCH Action runs during Install and repair NOT REMOVE Run on initial installation only: NOT Installed Run on initial install or when repair is selected. NOT Installed OR MaintenanceMode=”Modify” To only run … Read more
“Intent” We have some problems in deployment that people tell us what they are doing, but not what they are intending. Sometimes this causes us to write elaborate answers that doesn’t answer the question. I hope this is not the case here. Attempted Answer You want to find the exact path to the MSI that … Read more
I am still looking for a solution or at least some guidance, even though I agree that this is outside of normal good practices. – jJack 1 hour ago I don’t have access to my deployment tools, but I will try to provide a perspective. Since I don’t fully grasp all aspects of what you … Read more
Short Answer UPDATE: is this your own suite? If so, you may be able to improve your silent running configuration specified in the suite settings to allow each embedded setup to run correctly in silent mode. The switch you are using to install silently is correct, but instead of trying to run the whole suite … Read more