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WiX tricks and tips

We've been using WiX for a while now, and despite the usual gripes about ease of use, it's going reasonably …

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WiX undefined preprocessor variable

I'm starting to use WiX in order to do automated builds to create msi's of my c# projects and am …

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How do I do a silent install and uninstall with WiX and MSI?

How can a silent installer be created in WiX that does not display any UI dialogs to the user and …

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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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Wix create non advertised shortcut for all users / per machine

In WIX, how do you create a non advertised shortcut in the allusers profile? So far I've only been able …

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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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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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Using Wix to create 32bit and 64bit installers from one .wxs file

I would like to keep my top level .wxs DRY while building 32 and 64 bit installers. I am using the -arch …

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How to register file types/extensions with a WiX installer?

I didn't find an explicit answer to this question in the WiX Documentation (or Google, for that matter). Of course …

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