Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-23 Thread Blair
valid at that time. Can't help there without more details as to how you intend to implement "opt-out". -Original Message- From: Jan Wester [mailto:happyhon...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: R

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: > I was looking at sharing file extension registrations between > applications only yesterday. This page and its related content were > mo

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Jan Wester
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: > I was looking at sharing file extension registrations between > applications only yesterday. This page and its related content were most > useful > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166183(VS.80).aspx That is an interesting post

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Jan Wester
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Blair wrote: > Aaron's blog will help you with building your two MSIs (32- & 64-bit) using > the exact same sources. On a 64-bit OS, explorer.exe will be a 64-bit app, > so you won't need the 32-bit mirrored installation. However, if you feel you > really need the

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Jan Wester
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Chad Petersen wrote: > Aren't shell extensions either a DLL or OCX file as the entry point? > Think about what you have to do to manually deploy your shell extensions > and write down the steps (if it helps). These are the steps that you > would then author in WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
November 2009 20:08 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation Hello WiXers, I am new to Windows Installer and WiX, and thus have been pouring over documentation. tutorials, samples and google the last few days. I see a lot of basic information

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-20 Thread Blair
: Jan Wester [mailto:happyhon...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael Clark wrote: > a) Objectively, is WiX the r

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-19 Thread Chad Petersen
ws if needed -Original Message- From: Jan Wester [mailto:happyhon...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-19 Thread Jan Wester
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Michael Clark wrote: > a) Objectively, is WiX the right option, or should I look at other > installers for this purpose? [Michael] It's a great tool for this > purpose and its free! > > b) Are there any samples of scripts that install shell extensions? I > have loo

Re: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Clark
PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation Hello WiXers, I am new to Windows Installer and WiX, and thus have been pouring over documentation. tutorials, samples and google the last few days. I see a lot of basic information which is nice

[WiX-users] Supplemental shell extensions installation

2009-11-19 Thread Happy Hondje
Hello WiXers, I am new to Windows Installer and WiX, and thus have been pouring over documentation. tutorials, samples and google the last few days. I see a lot of basic information which is nice, but sadly, my needs aren't all that typical. (This might become a rather long posting, so I will apol