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Launch application after installation complete, with UAC turned on

Good day. I've been building an installer for our product using the WIX(Windows Installer XML) technology. The expected behavior …

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How do you use WiX to deploy VSTO 3.0 addins?

I want to deploy a VSTO 3 Application Level Word 2007 addin that I've written with Visual Studio 2008. I see that WiX …

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Customizing text in the standard Wix dialogs

I'm making use of the Wix standard dialogs. How do I customise the text of the messages displayed? For example, …

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Features installed to different locations but referencing the same components

I have a product that consists of multiple features that can be installed to different locations e.g. Feature 1 is …

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WiX - how to create bin subdirectory?

I'm missing something obvious. How do you put the .dll's in a subdirectory called "bin" under your install directory? I'm …

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How to create/Where to get Wix Bootstrapper for Multiple Instances

I'm currently learning how to create msi installers using WiX and it seems I've hit a wall. All is well …

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registering com dll in wix

If not self registering. then how do we perform the COM dll registering while installation using WIX? As per the …

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Defining Wix properties and values based on VS active configuration

How can I define Wix properties and values that change depending on which Visual Studio configuration is active? e.g. …

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Copying multiple files using wildcards/recursively using Wix

I'm a total noob on Wix (and installers in general) so please forgive me. My goal is to be able …

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WIX, Dot Net managed custom Action, dynamically fill combo box with SQL Server instances, MSI

In WIX am in-need of a dot net managed custom code to dynamically populate a combo box with the values …

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