[WiX-users] Is it possible to launch an HTA from an MSI built using WiX?

With the help of the WiX documentation and excellent tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/, I've been able to create a WXS/MSI installer that does everything I need except launch the HTA application when the install completes. Double-clicking the HTA after the install runs the app as

Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to launch an HTA from an MSI built using WiX?

.hta files are documents not programs.  You have to invoke the Microsoft HTML Application Host ( mshta ) to open/process them. --- Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On

Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to launch an HTA from an MSI built using WiX?

Thank you, that got me pointed in the right direction. For anyone running into this issue or a similar one in the future, here is the detailed solution. It is not limited to HTA applications. I needed to run C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe C:\path\rbs.Configure.hta when the install completed