Top "Wix" questions

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

Integrating Wix with MSBuild

we are looking to automate an MSI generation for a product we are developing. Currently we have MSBuild building out …

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Wix - Run an exe ( with arguments ) at end of install, which wasn't installed by current MSI

I have a MSI created in WiX 3.6 that obviously installs various things and creates a shortcut to an exe that …

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Install features based on checkboxes

I am trying to make it so that when the user selects something via check box, a corresponding feature will …

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Including .NET installer in WiX Bundle not detecting if already installed

I'm on WiX 3.7, and I can't get the simple <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx40Web"/> bundle element to work, as …

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How to keep a config file when major upgrade in wix v3.8?

I want to keep a config file when the msi installer does a major upgrade. For the config file, I …

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Including all dependencies

I'm just starting out with WiX as I need to be able to automate building an MSI on our CI …

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Bootstrapping SQL Express from WiX?

I'm working on a WPF app, and using WiX as an installer. I'd like to start using SQL Express 2012, but …

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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 …

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wix SetProperty After attribute won't take custom action Id

After reading the page on SetProperty and looking at as many examples as I could find here and elsewhere, I'm …

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