Wix: single MSI instead of msi + cab

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My Wix project creates install.msi and cab1.cab. How can I have it bundle everything into the msi? I will likely use 7-zip SFX to work around this but I have seen other apps with only a single msi.

score 272 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 11 '21 at 17:45

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You didn't post any source but I assume your wxs file has a Media element. Just set the EmbedCab attribute to "yes" in MediaTemplate e.g.

<MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />

edited Jan 11 '21 at 17:45

Sisir

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answered Jul 01 '12 at 19:58

Christopher Painter

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I had an empty MediaTemplate element but I replaced it with this: Thanks! – wtjones Jul 01 '12 at 20:28
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Note, you can add `EmbedCab="yes"` to the `MediaTemplate` element to achieve this. – Jeff Yates Aug 17 '12 at 16:56
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MediaTemplate wasn't available until WiX 3.6. wtjones didn't mention what version of WiX he was using so I mentioned the way that would work for more people. – Christopher Painter Mar 22 '13 at 12:02

score 73 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 24 '16 at 06:34

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Set EmbedCab="yes".

Since WIX 3.8:

<MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />

Before WIX 3.8:

<Media Id="1" Cabinet="cab1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

answered Oct 24 '16 at 06:34

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score 26 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '14 at 07:28

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Use it like this :

<Media Id="1" Cabinet="CabFileName.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

Also this article describes other ways of doing it.

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '23 at 08:50

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With WiX toolset v4 you just need to add the following MediaTemplate element inside your Package element:

<MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />

answered May 09 '23 at 08:50

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Wix: single MSI instead of msi + cab

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