[WiX-users] Fwd: bootstrapper on WinNT

Hello WiX users, we generated with WiX 3.7 a bootstrapper exe, and tried it on XP, Win7 and it works fine. But on an NT (4.0) machine we get ... is not a valid NT application error when starting the exe. Is thre a previous version of WiX that supports WinNT, or do we have to write an own

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Upgrading...

Major upgrades have a property that gets set when the older version is found. To use Bob's example: !- Major upgrade - Upgrade Id=$(var.UpgradeCode) UpgradeVersion Minimum=$(var.ProductVersion) OnlyDetect=yes Property=NEWERVERSIONDETECTED / UpgradeVersion Minimum=1.0.0

[WiX-users] Build error in VS 2010

Hi, I'm new to VS 2010 and WiX so probably something is not configured correctly. Here's the build error: Error 1 The extension 'C:\a-release\Setup\Setup\WixSystemToolsExtension' could not be loaded because of the following reason: Could not load file or assembly

[WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

To illustrate a problem I'm having with a real project, I created a test script that runs a custom action that requires elevated privileges during uninstalls. If I configure it to run before InstallFinalize (deferred, no impersonation), the uninstall fails to complete. The event log says A

Re: [WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

It's more likely related to something that is no longer correct during the uninstall. Between DeleteServices and InstallFinalize the items that are uninstalled include registry entries, type libraries, environment variables, files, and folders. Deferred and before InstallFinalize basically means

[WiX-users] Changinf output direcoty of MSI

Hi, Is there any way to change the output directory of an MSI? I have it building to my custom folder, however its builds like so : CustomFolder\en-US\Setup.msi I would like it to build to : CustomFolder\Setup.msi Is this possible? Thanks Natalie

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: bootstrapper on WinNT

Ack, NT 4.0 is a bit dead these days. Odds are it's an issue with the engine itself using newer API's. If you don't need all of the new features within Wix, you could use an older branch. If you need the newer features on the older OS, you'd have to back port all the non-compatible API's. I

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Upgrading... [P]

Classification: Public Thanks very much Phil I will do a: Custom Action=CA_CheckIfServerOnLine After=InstallInitializeOLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED OR UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE AND SERVER_INSTALL=0/Custom Thanks, Steve -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Upgrading... [P]

Classification: Public Actually this turned out to work for me: Custom Action=CA_CheckIfServerOnLine After=InstallInitializeWIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED AND SERVER_INSTALL=0/Custom -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: May-10-13 12:51 PM To: General

[WiX-users] Burn Console Output

Hi All, I was wondering if there was a way to output text to the console (like error messages) when running a BA in silent mode? If not, is there some other way I can alert a user to an error without loading the UI? Thanks, Nick

Re: [WiX-users] Registering ComPlus and Assigning a User

Based on the documentataion looks like this is the clsid of the com class -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Registering-ComPlus-and-Assigning-a-User-tp7585575p7585793.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at

Re: [WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

The script included in my email doesn't work on Windows 7. It's pretty simple (no environment variables, etc.). It produces an MSI that can be installed but not uninstalled. -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 10:22 AM To:

Re: [WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

Ok, I missed that. You mean the run of netsh.exe? That's not what is usually referred to as a script (as in vbscript etc). Your INSTALLFOLDER won't exist by the time you run that custom action because it's after RemoveFolders. I don't think that should make a difference, but it's possible that

[WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA

Hi All, Is there anything special I need to do to create a command line help menu in my custom managed bootstrapper application? Bootstrapper.Command.GetCommandLineArgs() seems to ignore /?, /h, and /help completely... Thanks, Nick Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator) LiveTechnology

Re: [WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA

Yes, because with Burn the standard command line args are parsed by the engine, and you'll find in your BootstrapperApplication.Command.Action the launch action equal to Help (or Install, Uninstall, Modify, Repair...), and in BootstrapperApplication.Command.Display the state of UI that is

Re: [WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA

Awesome, thanks! -Original Message- From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 5:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA Yes, because with Burn the standard command line args are

[WiX-users] .Net 3.5 SP1 using WiX Burn

Hi All, I need to install .Net3.5 SP1 as a prerequiste if not met using Wix. I have written code using Wix Burn.   My plan is to include  dotNetFx35setup.exe -  to be a part of the package(in package) and i have specified it in ExePackage:SourceFile.  If .net 3.5 is not installed, i execute

[WiX-users] Upgrade doesn't overwrite all files

Hi, I ran into an issue that one of dll's in an upgrade wasn't copied to the destination folder. I examined the msi with LessMSI, the files were packaged correctly. I reviewed the File Versioning Rules at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368599(VS.85).aspx. They didn't solve my

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade doesn't overwrite all files

Make sure the file version # is updated in file version under assembly info within assembly info if you are using VS 2010 and above. Also, use Orca to view the properties of an MSI installer. J On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Candy Chiu candy.chiu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I ran into an

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Console Output

Not sure I've ever been able to get a Windows subsystem app to connect back to the console that launched it. It'd be cool if you figured out how to do that. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote: Hi All, I was wondering if there was a way to output

Re: [WiX-users] Changinf output direcoty of MSI

Yes but you're .wxl and build language needs to be marked neutral... and you won't be able to correctly build multiple languages of your MSI. I think I recently made these tweaks to the WiX build process when I fixed all the WixDistribution.wxl stuff. You might look at that. On Fri, May 10, 2013

Re: [WiX-users] Build error in VS 2010

candle.exe has a lot of dependencies too. Did you add all of them? On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Gary Larsen gary.lar...@envisn.com wrote: Hi, I'm new to VS 2010 and WiX so probably something is not configured correctly. Here's the build error: Error 1 The

Re: [WiX-users] How to modify MSI from the custom bootstrapper

1. Personally, I think moving all of the UI from the MSI to the Bundle is going to be the best option going forward. MSI UI is not advancing and if you're in Bundle it's better to have a seamless user experience that Burn can offer. This is obviously just my opinion. 2. I do think Burn should

Re: [WiX-users] When are elevated permissions dropped?

See http://damianblog.com/2008/02/21/configuring-http-namespace-reservations-on-vista-using-wix/ All of the custom actions in that post are important. Note where they are scheduled to execute. -- Edwin On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Brownfield, Cory cbrownfi...@aeci.orgwrote: To illustrate