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An MSP refers to patch files for Windows Installer.

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Creating a MSI patch (.msp) by hand?

Our team has recently been considering pushing out a minor registry fix to users to modify one particular problematic key. Pretty straightforward stuff, just needed to update 1 key/value inside the registry. So at the moment, we are using Wix to…
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WiX: Patch installer superseding previous versions (1.0.0 -> 1.0.1, 1.0.0 -> 1.0.2, 1.0.1 -> 1.0.2, aso.)

I am trying to provide a simple installer package (MSI) which I want to support with updates (patches) that supersede all previous patches. So I have a MSI V1.0.0 and 2 patches V1.0.1 and V1.0.2. The user should be able to just install the latest…
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Patching Multiple Instance Installs with either InstallShield or WiX

      I have a project built in InstallShield 12. It is a Web Application that needs to be installed multiple times, and those installations need to be patched. I can create transforms, and patches just fine in both WiX and InstallShield. When I…
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Supplying a new certificate in WiX patch when old one expires

Background I'm doing research for my work on determining if WiX is a viable alternative to InstallShield. So I've been testing every scenario that our work has faced, to ensure that WiX can handle them. However, I'm stumped on one issue. When a…
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Where is R0 and R1 registers in the memory map?

I'm so confused about the location of program counter (R0) and stack pointer(R1) in the memory map.I think they are inside the CPU,so there is not any location inside memory map that shows these registers.But my friend insists that they are located…
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Pyro and file sequencing

When I add new files through patch it messes up File Sequence table and at the same time the size of the patch becomes the same as the size of the product installation. I'm using PatchGroup element to overcome this behavior but as the number of new…
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TeamCity building MSP files

For background: I've got quite a nice TeamCity setup; containing a ci build and a release build which uses WiX to build my installers and patch all the version numbers. When I do a new release build, I'd like to automatically create MSP patches…
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Uninstalling msi installation with patches

I have a product installation that has been patched with one small update patch which is uninstallable. Is there any difference if I first uninstall the patch and then product installation or if I select the uninstall of the product while the patch…
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MSP Install - Error 2920: Source directory not specified for file

I have a base install which includes a file, then two patches after that which update that file. One patch has already been deployed, but I found out too late that I should have set the SequenceStart on the element in the patch declaration.…
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Blank page if payment failed in Magento

I'm setting up a Magento CE webshop, and using the MultiSafePay Plugin for the Payment services. I'm on a testaccount at the moment, and almost everything is working. When a payment succeeded, the Payment Gateway is returning to a successpage on my…
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Can I generate a patch(.msp) without the upgrade image(.msi)

I've googled a lot, but there's little information about my question. The question for short is "Suppose you have the target image(.msi), the list of changed binaries, but you don't have the upgrade image. How to make a patch based on those…
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MSP file extracts only files that belong to new components

I've created a patch with Advanced Installer by using an old (target image) msi and the new one (upgrade image). Inspecting MSP file I've discovered that it contains both modified and completely new files. The problem is that during the installation…
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What are the pros and cons of using MSI and MSP?

What are the pros and cons of using MSI and MSP in using them for deployment. I was thinking of automating the deployment of my software using MSI and MSP. I wanted to understand if there is any concerns. And also how feasible is it to use MSP for…
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Patch building with MsiMsp.exe -- can target MSI differ from original MSI?

I'm building an msp patch for a product that has already been delivered. The product has a large number of components/files. I'm building the patch from the original target MSI and an upgrade MSI (modified by hand via orca). So far so good. Building…
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Why MSI Patching a TTF font file always cause a reboot?

We create a MSP patch that update a TrueType font (.TTF) file but it is causing 1603 (a reboot is required after installation.) Here is the MSI log: MSI (s) (5C:48) [23:33:56:432]: Executing op:…
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