I think your looking for "Custom Actions" in the installer to do things like reg the COM server etc...
have you tried using the Wix installer setup project it is much more useable really then the standard VS setup project type and an add-in/extention for VS 2010 exists (free) http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/5f43f268-7752-48c7-90e8-ae5b6f136b3f?SRC=VSIDE http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_getting_started.htm http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/02/10/from-msi-to-wix.aspx *A Visual Studio project system used to build Windows based deployment packages (MSIs) using Windows Installer XML.* *What is Windows Installer XML?* *Windows Installer XML is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that you may integrate into your build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages. For more information, visit the **Windows Installer XML webpage* <http://wix.sourceforge.net/>*.* *What is the Windows Installer XML Visual Studio Plug-in?* *The Windows Installer XML project system plug-in enables features such as intellisense, source code control integration, and other Visual Studio project system features. It allows a richer setup development experience and end-to-end integration with your development process.* On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > Folks, I'm testing a VS2010 Setup Project that contains a COM server. The > server is an EXE written in Borland C++ and the author reckons that it > supports the /RegServer and /UnregServer switches automatically because of > the code templates he uses. > > > > What is (is there?) a Property of the file in the install project that can > get the EXE to silently register itself? I can see the vsdrfCOM, > vsdrfCOMRelativePath, vsdrfCOMSelfReg property values that might be useful, > but is one of these values what I want? > > > > Another irritating step is required to get the COM server working ... I > have to manually run domcnfg (on 32-bit machines) or comreg.msc /32 (on > 64-bit machines) and then give NETWORK SERVICE Local Activation permission. > Screenshot below. Is there a way of setting this configuration silently > during the install? > > > > Cheers > > Greg > > > >
