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Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:32 PM

Patch Applicability

When installing a patch package , Windows Installer first determines if the patch is applicable. Depending on how the patch is installed, this happens a little differently. Windows Installer can determine the list of applicable products, or it can be
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Friday, April 20, 2007 7:06 PM

Custom Action Guidelines

Rob Mensching, father of Windows Installer XML (WiX), blogs about why managed custom actions are a bad idea . Aaron Stebner follows up by saying (and has said before ): "Avoid custom actions entirely if at all possible. "Investigate the WiX build-in custom
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006 1:45 PM

How Windows Installer uses Languages

Language support in Windows Installer can be confusing until you understand how Windows Installer queries for and uses languages. Some wonder why Windows Installer packages have two different places to set the language. Some wonder why, for example, localized
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Friday, May 19, 2006 1:47 PM

File Sequencing and How Files are Located

How file sequences identify the file source for installation, and how patches resolve source for new files.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:40 PM

Diagnosing Installation Errors

How to diagnose errors when installing, repairing or patching, or uninstalling a product using Windows Installer technology.
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:42 PM

MSI Databases and Code Pages

An overview of code pages and how MSI databases use them to display string data.
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Monday, September 12, 2005 8:39 AM

How Patching Works

What patches do when being installed or uninstalled.
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Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:55 PM

What's in a Patch

Describes the contents of a patch, as well as any other Windows Installer file type.
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