Top "Burn" questions

Burn is the WiX (Windows Installer XML) engine used to chain multiple installation packages into a singular, more seamless setup experience.

Specify the INSTALLLOCATION of packages in WiX inside the Burn managed bootstrapper

I have a WiX 3.6 bundle (using Burn) and managed bootstrapper that install several MSI packages. Some of the packages install …

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Wix Burn vcredist

I have a c++ application developed using Visual Studio 2015, along with a Wix installer and a Burn bootstrapper. Previous versions …

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Extract contents of Burn bootstrapper

I have an MSI package bundled in a WiX Burn bootstrapper. Can I extract this MSI from the bundle on …

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Creating localized WIX 3.6 bootstrappers.

I created a WIX project in Visual Studio 2010 over a year ago. It creates an MSI file and a bootstrapper …

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Failed to write run key value

I want to build one (and only one) install.exe which can install both 32bit - 64bit OS, detect .NET, …

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Customising the WiX Burn theme with additional inputs

I'm looking at using Burn as a bootstrapper for an installer and I need to pass in a couple of …

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Wix & Burn - Install IIS if not yet installed

I've a project using IIS, and I want to create an installer for it with Wix. I've created the .msi …

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WiX Burn - Setting InstallFolder variable based on a condition

I'm using WiX 3.6 ( but could upgrade to 3.8 if necessary ) and have a bootsrapper written in BURN, that's nearly doing everything …

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WIX Burn Bootstrapper not asking for admin rights for my MSI

I created an MSI with WIX that needs elevated permissions to work correctly. In the MSI Project, I specified this …

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Comprehensive list of command line flags/options for Burn/bootstrapper in WiX

The title says it all. I can't seem to find a comprehensive list of commands/flags/things-I-can-do-from-the-command-line.

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