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.

How to add a whole directory or project output to WiX package

We decided to switch from VS integrated setup to WiX. However, what we currently do is use projects output files …

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Free software for Windows installers: NSIS vs. WiX?

I'm need to choose a software package for installing software. NSIS and WiX seem promising. Which one would you recommend …

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Copy file from setup location to another location in wix on install

I have created an msi setup file which includes some files in a "Sample" folder which should be copied to …

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How to Select Features From Command Line

This might be a naive question. I have to manually edit a .WXS file to make it support select features …

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WiX: Installing Service as LocalService

I am trying to get my application an installer via WiX 3.0. The exact code is: <File Id="ServiceComponentMain" Name="$(…

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How to pass parameters to the custom action?

I'm trying to create a custom action with "Value" attribute, I want to pass parameters to the C# code (the …

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How to include wxi file into wxs?

Following the excellent suggestion I have moved some variables to WXI file. How do I include it in WXS file?

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In WiX files, what does Name="SourceDir" refer to?

WiX files always seem to include this line: <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> What is "SourceDir"? What is …

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WiX: Digitally Sign BootStrapper project

I have a project for which I have built a WiX msi file. I also have a WiX bootstrapper (exe …

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Problems with Windows Installer package

I have a client that is having problems with our the .msi installer for our application. WiX was used to …

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