I tackled this problem in 3 parts: defining an OSWarningText property which is only set when a warning needs to be given authoring a custom warning screen Inserting the custom warning screen in the UI sequence if necessary 1. Defining an OSWarningText property First, declare the property and give it the “unset” value by default: … Read more
I find the Deployment Tools Foundation project mentioned above to be a solid way to do this from .NET. Having referenced Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll, use code like this to install a package: Installer.SetInternalUI(InstallUIOptions.Silent); Installer.InstallProduct(msiFilename, “ACTION=INSTALL ALLUSERS=2 MSIINSTALLPERUSER=”); The documentation for the .NET wrapper is in a .chm file in the Windows Installer XML installation directory in Program … Read more
I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to fix this very problem this morning and eventually found the solution. It seems you already know which DLLs etc. you need for CefSharp to work but I thought I would run through this in case anyone else is having the same problem. I have a C# WPF … Read more
Sadly, the Windows Installer doesn’t support that. Some process outside your package (a bootstrapper/chainer?) will have to manage the upgrade from per-user to per-machine.
Must be installed VS 2010 from which you can get the valid file “dpca.dll”. Close Visual Studio 2013 Copy file with replace dpca.dll from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\Deployment to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\VSI\bin. Open Project Rebuild
Use msi2xml. This command extracts the MSI files: msi2xml -c OutputDir TestMSI.MSI Open OutputDir and modify the file. To rebuild the MSI run: xml2msi.exe -m TestMSI.xml You need the -m to ignore the ‘MD5 checksum test’ that fails when an MSIs file(s) are modified.
Include this section in the program’s manifest file: <compatibility xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1″> <application> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows Vista –> <supportedOS Id=”{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}”/> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows 7 –> <supportedOS Id=”{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}”/> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows 8 –> <supportedOS Id=”{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}”/> <!–The ID below indicates application support for Windows … Read more
In the service project do the following: In the solution explorer double click your services .cs file. It should bring up a screen that is all gray and talks about dragging stuff from the toolbox. Then right click on the gray area and select add installer. This will add an installer project file to your … Read more
I am largely unfamiliar with the use of task scheduler in Windows 10. I used it a lot back in the day in Windows 2000, and then it was very primitive – severely lacking in features I needed. I’ll just try to add some observations for you, bear with me if it isn’t quite an … Read more
First of all: it is normal that the product GUID changes for new versions of the application, though it is also possible to upgrade some applications without changing the product GUID (referred to as minor upgrades – as opposed to major upgrades that change the product GUID). What tends to remain stable between different releases … Read more