Installing data files (.mdb) into System Protected folders (Program Files, System32 etc..) on Windows Vista machines as Standard user. Upon uninstall the data files appear to be removed, however when a new version of the application is installed the...

MSI built using WiX Installer consists of Actions that require elevation. The CustomActions are not designed to run under SystemContext. The installation/uninstallation will have to be done using an Admin command prompt. The uninstallation using...

when you changed the build environment from Win32 to x64 and tried to build the setup project Its giving Error the Visual studio 2005 always complained the error message " Entry point ‘xxxxxx’ not found in module ‘xxxxxx’ for custom action ‘Primary...

Files are being installed into the Administrators Profile rather than to the Standard Users profile. This does not appear to be the default behavior for an Admin assisted installation as per documentation on http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/bb384154...

MSI packages built using Visual Studio Setup and Deployment project create the following registry key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Product Guid>\WindowsInstaller . There is no official Microsoft...

Current feature limitations of Clickonce does not provide for security over internet by design. It does work over SSL with server certificates which provides a mechanism to let users know that the application is coming from a trusted publisher....

1. Create a new Setup and Deployment Project in Visual Studio. 2. Include the ocx files in the Project using the “File System Editor” as in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4ddxk2ye(VS.80).aspx It’s better to have the files in system32...

Two ways to do this. 1) Create a Transform to make apply changes to the MSI as to skip the default launch condition. You may then author a Custom launch condition to only display a message and exit the installation. Open the complied MSI using...