InstallShield® is a well known and used Windows installation development solution. InstallShield is designed to enable development teams to be more agile, collaborative and flexible when building reliable InstallScript and Windows Installer (MSI) installations for PCs, servers, Web and virtual applications. Version released in 2009
Questions tagged [installshield-2009]
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How can I make the installer Run as admin
My application has an installer built in installshield.
But for proper working of installation process in vista Win 7 etc. the installer should be run as administrator. (Even though the user has admin previlege he should select the 'Run as…
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How to make an automatically updating installation using InstallShield?
I'm using InstallShield 2009 to create an installation package for a C# program that is to be deployed on many client sites, each with hundreds of workstations. When we release a patch, I simply cannot go to each workstation to run an upgrade…
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How to force restart after uninstall for a Basic MSI Project in InstallShield 2009 Premier
InstallShield 2009 Premier, Basic MSI Project:
After uninstall completes, I want to force restart the computer. How?
Googling found, i have to set 'REBOOTPROMPT' TO 'S' or 'R' and the "Reboot" property.
How to set these properties and with what…
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InstallShield how to never overwrite a file
I have one file in my filestructure (a FireBird database) that, once it is installed the first time, should never be overwritten again. This seems like an easy enough task, but I've wasted an inordinate amount of time trying fruitlessly to find an…
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InstallShield removing a file using VBScript & CustomAction fails when there's no file
When uninstalling a previous installation (that I'd built using InstallShield 2009), I wanted to delete the entire folder that the program was in at the end of the uninstall. I couldn't figure out how to do that using a Custom Aaction, so using the…
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How do I prevent InstallShield 1158 errors?
Sometimes, when running an InstallShield installation, an error dialog will appear containing the text "1158", and OK button, and nothing else. InstallShield error 1158 means there was a problem with loading strings from the associated ini file, but…
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How to set msi properties from CommandLine when installer is running in silent mode?
I have an application which recieves some settings at the time of installations
the recieved settings are stored in some files for the proper working of the application.
These are done by the custom actions. Each custom action is executed on the…
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How to pack a installation (framework + application) in one executable?
I'd like to create a file 'setup.exe' that contains one application that I developed in C#, and the setup of .Net framework 4.0.
The idea is: When I execute the 'setup.exe' this one will check if have the .net framework 4.0 installed on the…
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How to update assemblies in existing MSI?
We have existing MSI created using InstallShield 9.0. This MSI installs some .NET assemblies in target installation directory.
We have changed some functionality of application and so a few assemblies have been changed. Now we want to edit/update…
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How to configure an InstallShield 2009 project to run on 32- and 64-bit systems
I have a 32-bit application that I'm packaging with InstallShield 2009 Premier. I would like to be able to install it on 32- and 64-bit machines, but the InstallShield installer doesn't seem to be able to automatically detect that it's being run on…
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Best way to install .NET Service in MSI so that it is updatable?
I have a MSI install built with InstallShield 2009 which installs a .NET service by setting the ".NET Installer Class" to Yes on the component which contains the service exe.
This base install which contains files and the exe installs OK. I created…
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InstallShield: Handle password with special characters
I have an installer (InstallShield/ InstallScript) and during the installation process it verifies username/ password, using external simple C# application which calls Windows advapi32.dll LogonUser function. (I know that InstallShield provides its…
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InstallShield 2009: Remove a dll (being used by explorer.exe for context menu) during uninstall without any warning message
Install Shield Premier 2009: Basic MSI Project
I have a dll that is supposed to be removed during uninstall.
But this dll is being used by explorer.exe, it is used for generating windows explorer context menus with their icons(same as the menu…
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Installer package targeting Windows Installer 3.1 fails when Windows Installer 4.5 has been installed
We have an installer package authored with InstallShield 2009, targeting Windows Installer 3.1.
Recently, we started to notice that sometime, when installing on some Windows 2003 R2 x86 based hosts, the installation fails, and the installer log…
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How can I retrieve the value of a MSI property on the time of Uninstallation?
I have an Installer for an application, which I use some customactions in that.
At the time of installation I have been using some Custom MSI properties like
DBHOST etc. to determine the database host.
And the default value for this is…
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