Do you have any multi threads causing this issue. If so, find them and force them to STA trd = New Threading.Thread(AddressOf ThreadTask) trd.IsBackground = True trd.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA)
The visual studio installer is not the most user friendly compared to commercial products or even WiX if you are after a good level of control over you installation. When you have a Visual Studio Setup project you have several properties that are involved in the Upgrade process 1) The Upgrade Code – this is … Read more
This is way late, but deleting my .idea folder did the trick. Close IntelliJ cd <project-path> rm -rf .idea
Well, after much searching and trial and error I have solved this. I’m not sure if this is the best way, but it works. Here’s the scenario: I have an application I would like to deploy via a Visual Studio Setup project. In addition to my application files, I would like to create a subdirectory … Read more
A non-advertised shortcut (Standard Shortcuts) is a standard windows shortcut. If you right-click it you will see the target field points to the executable that will be launched. If, for whatever reason, this executable is missing the application will simply fail. An advertised shortcut (Windows Installer Shortcuts) is a technology specific to Windows Installer. If … Read more
This is a common question. I don’t do it with just a custom action. The only way I know, is to modify the .msi after it has been generated. I run a Javascript script as a post-build event to do exactly that. It inserts a new dialog in the installer wizard, with a checkbox that … Read more
Warning: The application will end up running as a high privilege account, which has security and user experience implications. To run any application after the installation is complete, Right-click on your setup project, click on Custom Actions. Then right-click on Commit, Add Custom Action, and choose the file you would like to run. (Note that … Read more
I found several errors in the code that you reused and have fixed these and also cleaned it up a little. Again, the original code is taken from here. public static class ServiceInstaller { private const int STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = 0xF0000; private const int SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS = 0x00000010; [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] private class SERVICE_STATUS { public int dwServiceType = … Read more
Closing VS2010 and then re-opening it has always worked for me 🙂