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.

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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How to Enable WiX Projects in Visual Studio 2015

When I go the the New Project dialog in Visual Studio 2015, Windows Installer XML isn't available. How can I enable …

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Enable WiX project in Visual Studio 2013

I have a VS 2012 solution with WiX Installer projects. However, when I open the solution in VS 2013 (Release) the WiX …

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Setting environment variables requires reboot on 64-bit

I am working on an installer using Wix 3.5 that needs to set the system PATH environment variable. This is how …

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How can I set the WiX installer version to the current build version?

I wrote an application and its WiX installer and put it under version control using subversion. When the WiX installer …

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How to install and start a Windows Service using WiX

I tried to use the codes below in Wix. But when installing, the installer was freezing for like 3 minutes on …

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WiX undefined preprocessor variable

I'm starting to use WiX in order to do automated builds to create msi's of my c# projects and am …

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How to get Wix to update a previously installed version of a program

I wrote an install program with Wix and it worked fine to install my program. Now I need to update …

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GUI for Dialog-design for WiX

WiX is great in that there is no GUI, you just write the installer you want it to be. No …

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Create shortcut to desktop using WiX

So I have this setup project in Wix and wanted to have a shortcut on the desktop. This must be …

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