I guess my other post was deleted for being a little too general, so I’ve refined it below: The thing to do is make a custom action. It’s pretty straightforward, check out the MSDN walkthrough for writing a C# custom action here. You’ll put your permission-changing code inside the Install method: Follow the first few … Read more
Define the folder like this: <Directory Id=”TARGETDIR” Name=”SourceDir”> <Directory Id=”CommonAppDataFolder”> <Directory Id=”TestFolder” Name=”test”> <Directory Id=”ExampleFolder” Name=”example” /> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> The important part here is the CommonAppDataFolder Id, which is known by Windows installer. You can find the full list of known system folders in the Windows Installer Property Reference. If you install any files … Read more
Windows Installer (MSI) uses the following command line arguments to be silent: Silent install or silent major upgrade: msiexec.exe /i foo.msi /qn Silent minor upgrade: msiexec.exe /i foo.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /qn Silent uninstall: msiexec.exe /x foo.msi /qn Executable path: C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
Unfortunately there’s no way to do a “safe” association with Windows Installer. We just write everything out to the registry and then have a separate component that takes over the system-wide default and is only installed if no other application has already registered itself as the default. With Vista there’s the new “default programs” interface, … 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
While I still did not find how to cleanly uninstall anaconda, I was able to resolve the error by using the following: conda update –force conda conda update anaconda and again conda update conda As a result, I got a stable environment with no dependency conflicts. Seems like something within latest conda is too restrictive … Read more
First of all, I would recommend you using PermissionEx instead. It is a standard WiX extension and it has one really huge advantage over Permission – it doesn’t overwrite, but modifies ACLs. And by default, it applies permissions to the folder and all its descendant files and folders, so you don’t have to specify anything … Read more
To alter it through the UI (not a text editor). Taken from here. 1) Select installer project 2) In Solution Explorer or Solution Navigator click on the icon at the top of the panel “Launch Conditions Editor” (In VS2010 its the icon with binoculars, in VS2015 and VS2017 the icon is a sheet of paper … Read more
IMPORTANT: It’s been a while since this answer was originally posted, and smart people came up with wiser answers. Check How can I find the Upgrade Code for an installed MSI file? from @ Stein Åsmul if you need a solid and comprehensive approach. Here’s another way (you don’t need any tools): open system registry … Read more
Found it on MSDN docs for BannerBitmap Property: For best results, you should use a bitmap with dimensions of 500 pixels wide by 70 pixels high.