I started blogging three years ago when the MSDN blog site was still hosted on gotdotnet . Back then there were fifty or so Microsoft bloggers and people giggled when you said the word "blog". Now there are so many Microsoft blogs that nobody bothers...

As noted previously , there are some major changes going on in my life right now. This is the third and final change. There are a few people out there that read my blog to hear my thoughts on software installation topics . There are others who read my...

As noted previously , there are some major changes going on in my life right now. Derek leaving Microsoft and the affect that would have on the WiX toolset was the first one I made public. This is the second. It was two years ago this month that I moved...

Jonathan Perret made the following interesting comment on a previous blog entry : ...I find it worrisome that even when using such a powerful tool as WiX, one still has to memorize such oddities. I mean, if my app has a prereq it sounds obvious I don...

Duane Johnson asked how to use WiX v3 to detect the CLR . Extensions in WiX v3 are far more powerful than they were in WiX v2 . Unfortunately, to enable the new features a few things moved around. So, let's say you wanted to to ensure that the .NET Framework...

In my last blog entry, I wrapped up saying that we'd talk about how to make your install directory configurable this time. I'm sorry but I lied. There is an important but confusing truth that you must understand before we continue. Directories are Properties...

Before picking up this series of blog entries on the Directory table again, I went back and re-read all the previous entries to make sure I remembered the details told up to this point. It was then that I realized the last entry on this series as posted...

Nicholas Carr has a great blog entry about conflicts of interest in blogging . It got me thinking about a silent policy I've always had for myself when blogging here. I don't blog about the many vendors in the MSI creation space except the ones that I...

Thus far, today I have done absolutely nothing. Sure, I cleaned off the kitchen table, put away some dishes and folded some clothes. But I didn't really do anything. I spent a few hours playing through a few demo disks DJ lent me for the new Xbox 360...

Tonight I traveled to Anthony's Beach Cafe in Edmonds, WA to have dinner with Charlie Poole . Charlie is the active maintainer of the NUnit project . He contacted me (via my blog, IIRC) and we set up tonight's meeting. I expected he wanted to meet because...

I installed Windows Live Writer 1.0 Beta a while ago to test a project I was working on. I didn't actually boot the application or anything, just installed it. I think this proves how much of a setup geek I am. <smile/> Well, as you can see in my...

I was cleaning out some old mail messages and came across this tidbit of information that several people sent me. SharpDevelop 2.1 now supports the WiX toolset . At the same time, I noticed that SharpDevelop 2.1 moved to WiX to build its setup packages...

Robert sent me a couple quotes from Ichiro in this morning’s Seattle Times . I thought they were quite appropriate to my “Here & Now” so I thought I’d just drop the quote in: "I think it's true for any player that they don't want to be on a losing...

Imagine a blog entry where Jenny and I host Carolyn Napier and Steve Lesser at another Thursday Night "Deployment Dinner Discussion"....

Imagine a blog entry where I poll for who would like to see WiX v3 replace the "Setup Projects" in Visual Studio....

Imagine a blog entry where I talk about the many contributions Derek Cicerone made to the WiX community....

Imagine a blog entry where I wax shortly on the topic of change....

Imagine a blog entry where I introduct Deployment Dinner Discussions at my house....

Imagine a blog entry where I explain how the Office XP detection is used to condition the Office XP install....

Imagine a blog entry where I blink and take another look around....

Imagine a blog entry where I write it all outside....

Imagine a blog entry where I talk about the TypeLib detection required by the Office XP PIA install....

Imagine a blog entry where I note that Microsoft acquires Wininternals....

Imagine a blog entry where Bob Arnson steps in and tells the tale of the Office PIAs for the Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office....

Imagine a blog entry where I note it's been 7 years at Microsoft....