Call command line after installation in Wix

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Alex Blokha picture Alex Blokha · Sep 30, 2011 · Viewed 13k times · Source

I am using wix and want to call command line after installation.

How can I do this?

My command line is here "bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff" // this makes dep off

Yes, I've read about custom actions, but I didn't see any example with command line.

P.S. bcdedit is usual exe in Win 7 and higher.

P.S. currently I have next script and it does not work:

          Directory  ="INSTALLLOCATION"
          ExeCommand ='echo hello> echo_test.txt'
          Execute    ="immediate"
          Return     ="asyncNoWait"
                />

Answer

Alexey Ivanov picture Alexey Ivanov · Sep 30, 2011

echo is not an executable, it is the command of the command processor cmd.exe. Change your ExeCommand value to cmd.exe /c "echo hello >echo_test.txt".

Your echo_test.txt would be in an arbitrary directory, you have to use absolute paths to get predictable results.

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