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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.

WiX 3.0 throws error 217, while being executed by continuous integration

This is the error that is thrown by our automated build suite on Windows 2008, while running ICEs (after migrating from …

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Passing multiple values to Wix DefineConstants property with MSBuild

I'm currently integrating my Wix projects in MSBuild. It is necessary for me to pass multiple values to the Wix …

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WiX Action Sequence

I was looking for list of actions and their sequence when running a WiX setup. Somehow the official website doesn't …

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WiX 3 driving me crazy - trying to create desktop shortcut

I have an app that is being installed with WiX 3 - most of the install works fine by now, but …

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WiX: Passing Install path to managed custom action

new Day, new Problem;-) Still got to struggle with managed custom action. I already managed it to call an …

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WiX ICE validation errors

I'm having some strange issues with WiX on my local machine. The problem is intermittent, but after a few rebuilds …

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Unresolved reference to symbol in Wix

I am trying to create a installer for MVC4 application using Wix. I found an example that shows how to …

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What can cause MSIExec Error 1619 'This installation package could not be opened'

I'm attempting to automate a roundtrip install and uninstall of a set of MSI files (generated by WiX) from a …

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WiX: How to override "C:\Program Files (x86)" on x64 machine in WixUI_Advanced sequence?

I'm using WixUI_Advanced sequence to allow users pick per-machine or per-user installation and change destination folder. My WiX project …

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In WiX how do I test for the existence of a registry key (not value) for Oracle ODP.Net

More specifically I want to test whether Oracle ODP.Net is installed on a machine. I want to do this …

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