Building setup packages for Media Center add-ins

How to quickly create an MSI-based setup for a Media Center add-in

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:07:51 GMT

After spending some time reading Media Center SDK documentation regarding setup and deployment of Media...

Step-by-step instructions to create a Media Center application setup package in Visual Studio

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:17:35 GMT

Anthony Park has been working on a Windows Vista version of his MCEBrowser application.&nbsp; As part...

Mailbag: How to author an MSI that orders tiles in a custom strip in Windows Media Center

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:30:29 GMT

Question:
I read your previous post about customizing the Windows Media Center Start menu in Windows...

Real world example of a Windows Media Center application setup built with WiX

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:25:23 GMT

I have previously posted an article and a follow-up blog post describing how to use WiX to build MSI...

Important note about using RegisterMceApp and RegisterApplication

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:27:30 GMT

A couple of folks on the Windows Media Center team tried out the Veronica's Radio sample that Charlie...

re: Building setup packages for Media Center add-ins

ryan_hurst — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:24:43 GMT

Looks like the sample code for this gone now :(

re: Building setup packages for Media Center add-ins

astebner — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:52:30 GMT

Hi Ryan - Sorry for the hassle here. It looks like my file server is down for maintenance again.

The sample included in this blog post is essentially the same and the one shipped in the Media Center SDK for the Q and Z sample applications. I used the sample described in this blog post as a basis for the WiX authoring for Q and Z.

In the meantime, I'd suggest that you download and install the Media Center SDK from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A43EA0B7-B85F-4612-AA08-3BF128C5873E&displaylang=en, and then look at the sample setup for the Q application. It is located at %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Media Center\v5.0\Samples\Windows Media Center Presentation Layer Samples\Q\Setup (if you installed the SDK to the default location).

Hopefully this helps....

Where to get help using WiX to create setup packages for Media Center applications

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:14:51 GMT

I haven't been keeping up with the Media Center Sandbox forums as well as I would like to lately, and

My thoughts about using WiX and RegisterMceApp in Media Center application setups

Aaron Stebner's WebLog — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:34:00 GMT

As part of his series about creating a Windows Vista Media Center application, Steven Harding recently