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Wise from Wise Solutions, Inc. was a popular installation package creation tool for Windows. The company has been acquired by Symantec Corporation in 2007 and it's support has been discontinued in 2011.

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Are Visual Studio Setup projects suitable for complex setups?

Are "Visual Studio Setup" projects suitable for complex setups in different versions? The application is rather large (> 500,000 lines of code) and is under continuous development. Every 6 to 10 months a new version gets released. We have multiple…
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Writing to 64-bit registry from 32-bit installer

I have a 32-bit application and a 32-bit installer, written in Wise Installation Studio. I know...I shouldn't be using Wise and I should switch to something else. But for now, I'm stuck with it. Our application is graphics-intensive and to improve…
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How can I make Windows software run as a different user within a script?

I'm using a build script that calls Wise to create some install files. The problem is that the Wise license only allows it to be run under one particular user account, which is not the same account that my build script will run under. I know Windows…
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How to stop a running process during an MSI based un-install?

I'm using Wise Package Studio 7.0 SP2 on Windows XP. I've got an MSI Wrapped EXE installation that goes about happily installing some files and then running one of the files from the installation which we can refer to as app.exe. So on the "Execute…
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How do I avoid distributing sensitive information in my MSI by accident?

How do I avoid distributing sensitive information in my WiX / MSI by accident? I distributed a password, machine name or login credentials by accident with my MSI file. How do I best deal with this problem? After deployment my application connects…
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Encountering Kerberos and/or NTLM authentication failures in custom application packages written using the WISE packaging Installer

We are encountering Kerberos and/or NTLM authentication failures in custom application packages orinally designed for Windows 7 using the WISE packaging Installer. On Windows 7 they work fine but they now fail on Windows 10. They fail both during…
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WISE Uninstaller doesn't remove itself

I know, I know...stop using WISE. That's not really an option for me right now. We have too much on our plate to write a completely new installer and change our entire build process, which is what would have to be done. ANYWAYS, the problem is that…
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How to efficiently distribute and use partitions in spark?

This is my example. val arr = Array((1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (4,5)) val data = sc.parallelize(arr, 5) data.glom.map(_length).collect Array[Int] = Array(1, 1, 1, 1, 1) val agg = data.reduceByKey(_+_) agg.glom.map(_.length).collect Array[Int] =…
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What do I need to check to ensure that an Uninstall is being run?

I need to set up a launch condition in my installer to prevent the user from running the MSI file directly unless they are running an uninstall. (All other types of install should be run from the bootstrap app so that it can make sure that all of…
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How to exclude the steps for Basic Settings authentication and Anonymous authentication while providing it in Wise Studio Package?

I am using Wise Studio Package 8, to create a virtual directory on IIS. It creates the virtual directory, but I have to provide Basic Setting Authentication and Anonymous authentication. I am unable to find out in Wise Studio Package how can I set…
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MSI Installation Issues

I've got an MSI based install that I've wrapped in an EXE file as per my installation packaging software (which is Wise Package Studio 7.0 SP2). I've made many changes to the install, and every time I've tested them, they've worked just fine... up…
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Wise: How to install files into a path specified in the registry

I'm writing a .msi using Wise Installer Editor and I want to copy all my files into a directory specified in a registry key. How can I specify this in Wise? Thanks in advance, Ernesto
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Determining Installer Type from Installer Binary

Is it possible to examine an existing installer and determine if it is a WIX / WISE / OtherTechnology installer?
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Custom Action returned actual error code 1154 when using Wise Installer Studio 7.0

First of all this is very similar to the issue addressed Custom Action in C# used via WiX fails with error 1154 However, I was not able to discern specific steps to solve the problem in my situation. Hopefully someone can point me in the right…
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How to read windows build version via a Win API call or (better) reading a Registry value

Our installed is occasionally detecting the wrong version of Windows. (It detects version via built in Wise installer function to detect System Info and doesn't say HOW it does this). So, I'm looking for another way to detect the Windows version.…
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