UPDATE, Aug.2018, a new and shorter option: How to create windows installer. Focused on summarizing MSI and its major benefits and to list the major tools available (with download links), as well as mentioning some new, trending deployment technologies. I have worked in software development as a release manager, build engineer, setup developer and as … Read more
Use RemoveFile element with On=”uninstall“. Here’s an example: <Directory Id=”CommonAppDataFolder” Name=”CommonAppDataFolder”> <Directory Id=”MyAppFolder” Name=”My”> <Component Id=”MyAppFolder” Guid=”*”> <CreateFolder /> <RemoveFile Id=”PurgeAppFolder” Name=”*.*” On=”uninstall” /> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> Update It didn’t work 100%. It removed the files, however none of the additional directories – the ones created after the installation – were removed. Any thoughts on … Read more
You should be able to use the /quiet or /qn options with msiexec to perform a silent install. MSI packages export public properties, which you can set with the PROPERTY=value syntax on the end of the msiexec parameters. For example, this command installs a package with no UI and no reboot, with a log and … Read more
You didn’t post any source but I assume your wxs file has a Media element. Just set the EmbedCab attribute to “yes” in MediaTemplate e.g. <MediaTemplate EmbedCab=”yes” />
EDIT: Perhaps look at the answer currently immediately below. This topic has been a headache for long time. I finally figured it out. There are some solutions online, but none of them really works. And of course there is no documentation. So in the chart below there are several properties that are suggested to use … Read more
Keep variables in a separate wxi include file. Enables re-use, variables are faster to find and (if needed) allows for easier manipulation by an external tool. Define Platform variables for x86 and x64 builds <!– Product name as you want it to appear in Add/Remove Programs–> <?if $(var.Platform) = x64 ?> <?define ProductName = “Product … Read more