tagged [wix]

Duplicate symbol 'WixAction:InstallExecuteSequence/RemoveExistingProducts' found. This typically means that an Id is duplicated

Duplicate symbol 'WixAction:InstallExecuteSequence/RemoveExistingProducts' found. This typically means that an Id is duplicated I am developing an installer project using WiX 3.9 toolset. I am trying ...

How to associate application with existing file types using WiX installer?

How to associate application with existing file types using WiX installer? Related to this: [How to register file types/extensions with a WiX installer?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/138550/how...

Error 2896 using a WiX C#/.NET 4 custom action

Error 2896 using a WiX C#/.NET 4 custom action I am trying to use my first custom action in WiX and I get: > error 2896: Executing action CustomActionTest failed. I am using Visual Studio 2010, WiX 3....

19 Jun at 08:0

Windows Service won't automatically start after reboot

Windows Service won't automatically start after reboot My automatically starting windows service fails to start only on reboot. I have a windows service created in C# and installed via a Wix created i...

Registry GetSubKeyNames() lists different keys than Regedit?

Registry GetSubKeyNames() lists different keys than Regedit? We are using WIX to install a number of services we create. I am writing a quick utility to dump the currently installed services. I just i...

23 May at 11:53

C# custom action in Wix

C# custom action in Wix When my application is uninstalled, the server needs to be notified so that it can free up the license key assigned to the client. This is done via a web service call. I create...

31 Jul at 17:53

Detect and require a Windows QFE/patch for during installation

Detect and require a Windows QFE/patch for during installation Our WiX installer deploys a .NET 4.0 WinForms application to Windows Vista and 7 desktops. The application includes a [Portable Class Lib...

23 May at 11:54

Cannot build WIX project on windows 10

Cannot build WIX project on windows 10 My WIX installer project was successfully building on windows 8.1 with Visual Studio 2015. .NET version is 4.5.1. But when I upgraded to windows 10 I could not b...

20 Jun at 09:12

What's the harm to install a "AnyCPU" program on a 64-bit Windows using a 32-bit MSI?

What's the harm to install a "AnyCPU" program on a 64-bit Windows using a 32-bit MSI? My application is built using the "`Any CPU`" configuration. The WIX installer for the application is built with `...

5 Sep at 18:24

WiX CustomActionData is empty in called CustomAction

WiX CustomActionData is empty in called CustomAction once again I'm stuck at a problem, that is probably easy to solve. I want to extend a setup, created with WiX, to make changes in the configuration...

5 Mar at 14:25

Custom Action in C# used via WiX fails with error 1154

Custom Action in C# used via WiX fails with error 1154 I am using WiX 3.5.1930 in Visual Studio 2010, targeting the .NET Framework 3.5. (Later weekly builds of WiX seem to be very broken with respect ...

28 Feb at 19:34

Install .NET Framework 4.7.2 (if needed) with WIX installer

Install .NET Framework 4.7.2 (if needed) with WIX installer Help! I've inherited a .NET project with a WIX installer project. They make the implicit assumption that .NET Framework 4.5 is installed on ...

5 Dec at 20:30

How to uninstall with msiexec using product id guid without .msi file present

How to uninstall with msiexec using product id guid without .msi file present I'm trying to automate the uninstallation of packages created using WiX for the purposes of changing the installed softwar...

Trying to read a file and then write a file during a WiX install in a CustomAction

Trying to read a file and then write a file during a WiX install in a CustomAction I am having a tough time with this. There are a [lot](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6685704/wix-custom-action-dl...

20 Jan at 11:22

WiX - Install Prerequisites and 3rd party applications

WiX - Install Prerequisites and 3rd party applications I have a wix Windows Installer for my C# application. Things are working, I am able to install and uninstall the application. But I have few Prer...