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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.

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 …

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

Related to this: How to register file types/extensions with a WiX installer? but not a duplicate. I need to …

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Using WiX to put an assembly into both the GAC and Install Path

I'm just starting to learn how to use WiX and I'm running into a snag. My package uses a third …

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How can I detect whether .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher is installed in WiX?

I currently using the following markup in my WiX installer project to check if .NET Framework 4.5 or greater is installed. &…

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WiX setup: adding a reference to Visual Studio project output issue

I'm trying to learn WiX and now creating sample setup project, using WiX Setup Project template for Visual Studio. I …

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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 …

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Why does MSI require the original .msi file to proceed with an uninstall?

As most of you probably noticed, when uninstalling an MSI package Windows will ask for the original .msi file. Why …

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WiX Burn 3.6 beta - custom UI examples

Are there any good references/examples for WiX Burn 3.6 custom UI? I googled around, but they are broken pieces of …

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heat generated files are not able to find SourceDir directory

I am running heat to generate a wxs file. The code are as follows. I want to add all the …

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WiX x64 platform target

When I create a WiX project and try to build it with the platform set to 'x64', I get …

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