Top "Windows-installer" questions

Windows Installer is the installation service provided with Windows, based on the creation and installation of MSI files.

How to avoid the "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting warning"

My company distributes an installer to customers via our website. Recently when I download via the website and try to …

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Uninstall without an MSI file

I often get a problem with Windows Installer trying to uninstall a package, but it complains that: The feature you …

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Check Windows Installer Version

I have checked my Add/Remove program panel and Components panel as well but could not find the version of …

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Removing files when uninstalling WiX

When uninstalling my application, I'd like to configure the Wix setup to remove all the files that were added after …

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Visual Studio Installer > How To Launch App at End of Installer

This is probably a stupid question and my Googling just is not functioning today. I have an application I added …

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How to give Read/Write permissions to a Folder during installation using .NET

I have a Setup project that I have build using Visual Studio 2010. The installer works fine in terms of installing …

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How to execute custom action only in install (not uninstall)

I'm sure this is fairly easy, but I've kind of had a hard time with it. I've got a custom …

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Using InstallUtil and silently setting a windows service logon username/password

I need to use InstallUtil to install a C# windows service. I need to set the service logon credentials (username …

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MSI install error: This advertised application will not be installed because it might be unsafe

I have created an msi to install my Windows form application and when i try to run the msi I …

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An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = '8000000A'

I have been receiving this error for a while when using devenv on an automatic build. I have gone through …

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