Re: [WiX-users] Error 0x80004005: Failed to initialize built-in variable value 'ProgramFilesFolder'.

I've confirmed this as well in the latest sources. There appears to be no fix committed in yet - the code in dutil tries to initialise the ProgramFilesFolder variable with a call to SHGetFolderPath with csidl of CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILESX86. Unfortunately, that API call on 32-bit Windows XP fails as it d

[WiX-users] Problem with Parmanent in a bundle

Hi, I have a burn bootstrapper bundle that includes a Fragment that I took from the Wix sources to deal with installing .Net framework 4. Now this, together with VC++2010 and other things are dependencies I need, but I don't want them to be uninstalled when my app bundle in uninstalled. So I've go

[WiX-users] Use of the Options dialog in default burn bootstrapper UI

Using the default UI for the new Wix 3.6 Burn bootstrapper there is a Options button that allows users to select an installation directory. Questions about this I have are: a) How is this referenced from within a chained MSI? b) Can it be pre-set to a directory rather than blank? c) Can the button

Re: [WiX-users] New installer uninstalling an old application

ithout the user's intervention is not > friendly behavior. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. > Build & Install Engineer - jXchange > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > > > > -Origi

[WiX-users] New installer uninstalling an old application

As part of my installer I need to uninstall some other application which is being superseded, prior to installing the new app. So into my .wxs file I've added in: In the hope that the application will be removed. However, it appears not to work. Looking at the generated MSI with Orca the Upgrade

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - what's the difference between InstallConditionand DetectCondition?

of conditions that it just being already present or > not. For instance you might want to install a package based on OS or > language or on the presence of other products. > > -Original Message- > From: Aled Hughes [mailto:trestlemon...@gmail.com] > Sent: 08 November 201

[WiX-users] Burn - what's the difference between InstallCondition and DetectCondition?

With burn, what is the difference between the DetectCondition and InstallCondition on the element? I noticed that the NetFx4.wxs file in the WiX sources uses DetectCondition to seemingly prevent installation of .Net4 if it is already installed - but isn't InstallCondition the same? ---

Re: [WiX-users] Error with InstallUtilLib.dll: CoreBindToRuntimeHost path not found error.

tom actions without running InstallUtil.exe. There's nothing that > special about .NET services, so if possible convert that merge module to > WiX and use the built-in ServiceInstall elements that populate the > ServiceInstall table in the MSI file. > > Phil > > ___

[WiX-users] Error with InstallUtilLib.dll: CoreBindToRuntimeHost path not found error.

Hi, I have a merge module that was authored using the VisualStudio 2010 installer and this MSM installs a windows server and has a custom action that registers the service using the InstallUtil program. However, when I use that MSM in a MSI authored using WiX 3.5, I get the following error on insta

[WiX-users] Scenario of merge module replacing old non MSI installer.

Hi, I'm fairly new to WiX and have an installation scenario which I could do with some help on: I'm writing a new merge module for a package of shared components that previously had been installed using an ancient version of Installshield (not MSI based). When a new application gets installed whic