msi installer postbuildevent cscript "$(ProjectDir)EnableLaunchApplication.js" "$(BuiltOuputPath)"

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I have MSI installer project where postbuildevent == cscript "$(ProjectDir)EnableLaunchApplication.js" "$(BuiltOuputPath)"

1 Question that I've been struggling for hours - how do I prevent running this script on uninstall - i.e. run it ONLY on install?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1668274/run-exe-after-msi-installation - this is what i am using now. But I see "Run application" checkbox on uninstall too. — user1283791, Oct 09 '12 at 09:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '13 at 19:28

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post build events don't run on install nor on uninstall. they run post build

answered Oct 17 '13 at 19:28

Jader Dias

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '12 at 09:21

Based on this thread, I modified/added these lines:

sql = "INSERT INTO `ControlEvent` (`Dialog_`, `Control_`, `Event`, `Argument`, `Condition`, `Ordering`) VALUES ('FinishedForm', 'CloseButton', 'DoAction', 'VSDCA_Launch', 'LAUNCHAPP=1 AND NOT REMOVE', '0')";

sql = "INSERT INTO `ControlCondition` (`Dialog_`, `Control_`, `Action`, `Condition`) VALUES ('FinishedForm', 'CheckboxLaunch', 'Hide', 'Installed')";
view = database.OpenView(sql);
view.Execute();
view.Close();

msi installer postbuildevent cscript "$(ProjectDir)EnableLaunchApplication.js" "$(BuiltOuputPath)"

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