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.

In WiX how can I select an IIS website by name?

What I would like to do is show the installer user a list of the websites on their server and …

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WiX: Prevent 32-bit installer from running on 64-bit Windows

Due to user confusion, our app requires separate installers for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. While the 32-bit installer …

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How can I change the font colour and type of a string in WiX in one of the standard dialogs?

Is there a simple way to change the font colour and (preferably) font type for one of the strings in …

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Wix: Using KeyPath on Components, Directories, Files, Registry, etc, etc

After reading this answer on "one file per component" approach when using WiX, I was curious to find out what …

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How to add custom action to wix setup project

I have 2 projects in my soliution: 1). Custom action class (CustomAction) 2). Wix setup project (TestSetup) There is CustomAction.cs in CustomAction …

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wix installer failing Error code 2819

I am attempting to build an installer with wix. It compiles and runs. Unfortunately when I run it, I accept …

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Include dll's in WiX msi base Installer

I am currently making an Outlook addin in Visual Studio 2012, i create an Installer for my project, but in order …

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Force uninstalling before installing any version with wix installer

Does anyone know: How can I Force wix installer to uninstall any previous copy previously installed, whether minor or major …

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Typelib Generation and Installation with WiX

After asking about what Visual Studio does to register a COM Library, it became clear that VS did two things …

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WiX, UAC, managed custom action and impersonation

I have built a Windows Installer package using WiX 3.6 that embeds a custom managed (C#) action. At this stage, the …

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