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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.

How do I get WiX installer to request administrative privileges?

We have a program we have developed in house. We are upgrading to use Visual Studio 2012, and so have to …

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What is the purpose of administrative installation initiated using msiexec /a?

Windows Installer technology supports administrative installation. The command line for initiating administrative installation is: 'msiexec /a setup.msi'. I want …

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What is the wix 'KeyPath' attribute?

What is the Wix 'KeyPath' attribute? In particular, how does it apply to the following: <Component Id="ProgramMenuDir" Guid="*"&…

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What alternatives are there to ClickOnce?

I've used ClickOnce a lot over the years, but I have run up against a lot of its limitations. What …

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Wix: single MSI instead of msi + cab

My Wix project creates install.msi and cab1.cab. How can I have it bundle everything into the msi? I …

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WiX - CustomAction ExeCommand - Hide Console

We've gotten a custom action that runs command-line to work as such: <CustomAction Id="OurAction" FileKey="OurInstalledExe.exe" ExeCommand="…

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Error 0x80070643: Failed to install MSI package

I am using WiX 3.6 to create my application setup. I have bundled two MSI packages in one bootstrapper, and everything …

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How do you register a Win32 COM DLL file in WiX 3?

I found an example on registering DLLs, Registering an Assembly for COM Interop in a MSI file with the Windows …

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How to build a minimal WiX installer UI without a license page?

I would like to use the WixUI_Minimal installer, but I don't want the license page. How can I do …

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Error: a certificate chain processed,but terminated in a root error .Net Framework 4.7

I want to extract the .net 4.7 framework prerequisites with my main msı. But when ı try to install .net installation give …

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