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InstallShield is a software tool by Flexera Software for creating installers or software packages. Primarily used for creating Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI installer). Some other Like Software are Wix, InstallAnywhere, Visual Installer.

InstallShield tool is used for - Creating MSI installer - Creating Patches - Creating Web Installers

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Always perform removal/reinstallation during upgrade

I'm having a little trouble understanding how InstallShield treats upgrades. What I want is to be able to increment the version number on the installer, recompile, and distribute my installer. This should automatically remove any previous version of…
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How to add Prerequisite file (.prq) to InstallShield project?

I want to add .prq file (already defined prerequisite) to my installer project under Reditributables in InstallShield. I know the default location of prerequisites, [ISProductFolder]\SetupPrerequisites. But I'm having some couple of .prq files…
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Installshield command line IsCmdBld.exe not modifying the Product version

I'm using the following command inside a batch file to create a fresh version of installer from an Installshield project. The product version is hardcoded to 1.0.0 in the .ism file ISCmdBld.exe -p "%INST_SHIELD_FILE%" -y…
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.Net InstallShield - Creates broken shortcuts

I've got 2 projects in my solution. The one is a small win forms project, and the other, a InstallShield Limited Edition project. Everything works fine & installs correctly for the most part. The desktop and start menu shortut's get created also…
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Installshield Trouble uninstalling prior versions

I've searched for this topic and found many posts but none that describe the exact issue I'm having. Our product (which I inherited from another developer) had an InstallScript method (see below) that although it seemed to work for quite a while…
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How to remove file while installation/uninstallation?

I have created a MSI installer using InstallShield. I want to remove some files while upgrade/installation/uninstallation. How can I achieve this ?
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How to generate an installer with Installshield from any branch

I have a branch schema with a structure like this: Develop Branch 1 Branch 2 . . . I have successful created my installer project from Develop branch, but I can´t generate the installer from other branchs (like Branch 1…
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Getting an error while upgrading an MSI application

I'm getting below error while upgrading one software on my Windows 2003 server. "Error 1260 : Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information, open event viewer." I searched lot…
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How to ask for removing user data while uninstall application?

I use InstallShield Limited version 2013 to configure setup of my Visual Basic application. I save application user data. Usually Uninstallation does not remove files of application. While Uninstallation, I want to delete files with an alert of "Do…
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Installshield Limited Edition 2013 licencing on TFS 2012 build server

I am trying to build a project with build server and it keeps giving me the following error: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\InstallShield\2013Limited\InstallShield.targets (108): -7159: The product license has expired or has not yet been…
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How to create a custom action for a text box validation in InstallShield 2013 using managed code?

I have some C# code for validating a setting in my application. I would like to add a wizard page to change this setting. The earlier the user sees the setting the better their life will be. Is it possible to write a custom action in C# that will…
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Installshield errors when trying to install upgrade with driver

(using installshield 2013) I have a installer that installs software, and now I am adding a brand new shinny device driver to the installer. The caveat is it(driver) should only install on 32bit windows 7 machines, we also want to take advantage of…
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Unable to deselect redistributables in InstlallShield (where did the checkbox go)?

I have an InstallShield 2013 InstallScript MSI project and I changed the view on the Redistributable tap and now I can no longer see the checkbox that allows you to deselect a redistributable. Unfortunately I don't remember what I did to change the…
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Error The installation of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redist appears to have failed

When we do upgrades we just started getting the error message above. However, if I navigate to the PreReq folder (C:\ProductName\ISSetupPrerequisites\{AAEC4BE2-1C6B-45E0-B33D-0D657A05F292}) and run vcredist_x86.exe and the go to the other prereq…
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InstallShield 2013 SQLServerSelectLogin screen doesn't populate

I've inherited an InstallShield 2013 InstallScript MSI project that installs our product and I'm really new to IS. I've figured out the basics and even created an new project, but this has me baffled. One of our installers uses SQLServerSelectLogin…
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