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The WiX Toolset (formerly known as Windows Installer XML) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages and WiX bootstrappers from XML source code.

Installshield or Wix

I have a pretty huge web application developed using asp.net 3.5 and I need to prepare an installer package which …

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WiX overwrites config files during setup. How can I avoid this?

I'm using WiX to create a windows installer. Unfortunately my installer overwrites a config file on every update. What I …

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WiX SetProperty - What are the possible values for Before/After attributes

Don't know why but I'm finding it difficult to track down what standard values could be used for the Before …

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Advertised shortcuts vs. non-advertised shortcuts in windows setup project

I cannot understand what is exact consequences of using attribute Advertise in Shortcut attribute. What is the diffirence?

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Wix - How to run exe files after installation from installed directory?

I'm using a program which is being installed using wix. (Don't know if it's relevant but it's a C# program) …

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WiX installer fails with error code 2819

I am trying to create an installer using WiX which doesn't show the license agreement at the start. But I …

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WiX: How to register application to start when Windows launches?

I'm exploring distribution of .NET desktop applications with MSI generated by WiX. So far it works great. But I've got …

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MSI does not install all files when RemovePreviousVersion is run

I have a MSI build using WiX version 3. All previous installers for the product we are deploying worked fine with …

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Referencing a WixVariable defined in a WiX Library Project from a WiX Setup Project

I'm trying to configure a WiX setup and library so that the version of one of the files in the …

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Is there a way to set a preprocessor variable to the value of a property?

I have a WiX include file with the following code <Fragment Id="PropertyFragment"> <Property Id="DynamicLanguageCode" Value="[…

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