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I am new with Wix installer. I am having problem with building the set-up project.

It says;

The Bundle element contains an unexpected child element 'util:RegistrySearch'

I have already referenced the dll into the project and have;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" 
     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">

in the bundle.wxs

When I go to the link below; http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension

I have the error ;

The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable

However; when I comment out the .UtilExtension and util:RegistrySearch, the project builds and works well. I think it should not build if it is a schema problem because;

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"

stays still there.

Şahin Taşın
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  • Re: "When I go to the link..." An XML namespace uses a URI (_identifier_) not a URL (_locater_). There is no problem if the URI can't be used as a URL, though some schema publishers do us the favor of providing a copy of the namespace's schema as an XSD document or a specification or other documentation at a URL that matches the URI. – Tom Blodget Dec 20 '13 at 23:37

4 Answers4

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Please add the reference to the "WixUtilExtension.dll" in your wixproject. That will fix your problem!

Isaiah4110
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This is a solution that works well for anyone who is working with a Wix Project, correct? In my case, I am running the candle.exe and light.exe in two existing WXS files via the command line. The URI scheme xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension" present in my WXS file is still not found. What do I do?

Pereira
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If you are using candle and light directly, add "-ext WixBalExtension" to each invocation to pull in the needed.

candle.exe -nologo -out foo.wixobj -ext WixBalExtension -arch x64 foo.wxs
light.exe -nologo -out foo-1.0.0.msi -ext WixBalExtension foo.wixobj
Hack Saw
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The solution mentioned by Hack Saw is documented here, by the way:

https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/bundle/wixstdba/

When building the bundle, the WixBalExtension must be provided. If the above code was in a file called "example.wxs", the following steps would create an "example.exe" bundle:

candle.exe example.wxs -ext WixBalExtension light.exe example.wixobj
-ext WixBalExtension
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