Peter Marcu's Blog

One guy trying to solve deployment pain on Windows.

WiX: Why I Contributed for 7 Years

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 01/11/2013

WiX: Really, Really Open Source

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 01/07/2013

The .NET BCL Team released a preview of Immutable Collections

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 01/05/2013

My Blog has Moved

I recently decided to move my blog to a location that gives me a little more control. I will still...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 01/04/2013

.NET: .NET Framework 4 setup reports success but my .NET 4 applications wont run and tell me I need to install it.

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 07/27/2011

.NET: The Client Profile and Chip Specific Packages

In .NET 4 we have quite a few deployment options available for redistribution. There are basically 2...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 07/20/2010

.NET: Do You Deploy a Managed App - Part 2

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 07/16/2010

The .NET Framework 4 Installer Improvements

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 04/15/2010

Which Version of .NET is Built into Windows?

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 02/05/2010

Errors after Installing Dev10 Beta2 over top of Beta1 on Vista RTM or SP1

There is an issue upgrading .NET 4.0 from Beta1 to Beta2 only on Vista RTM and SP1 as well as...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 10/19/2009

The .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2 Installer Improvements

Thanks to everyone that gave feedback both on my blog and through other forums about .NET Framework...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 09/30/2009

WiX: Removing Files with Patches

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 05/20/2009

.NET: Do you Deploy a Managed App?

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 09/20/2008

WiX: Patching something you didnt build with WiX using WiX

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 05/30/2008

WiX: Introducing the WixPdb

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 05/26/2008

Design your Application to Fit Your Shipping Container

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 05/23/2008

WiX: BinderExtensions and the BinderFileManager

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 05/21/2008

WiX: More powerful foreach

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 12/05/2007

WiX: "Rosario" WiX toolset vs. the community WiX toolset

This post is a follow-up to Rob Mensching's "Visual Studio ships the WiX toolset" blog entry. One of...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 11/29/2007

WiX: Binary Delta patch support added to WiX 3.0

Last night, everything came together and the changes to add binary delta patch support to WiX 3.0...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 11/02/2007

WiX: Writing your own WiX Extension Part 2: Preprocessor

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 11/02/2007

WiX: Writing Your Own WiX Extension Part 1

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 11/02/2007

WiX: Building a Patch using the new Patch Building System - Part 3

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 06/29/2007

WiX: Building a Patch using the new Patch Building System - Part 2

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 06/17/2007

WiX: What is a WiX Extension?

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 06/08/2007

WiX: Preprocessor error and warning

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 05/05/2007

WiX: PatchFamily patch filtering

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 04/27/2007

WiX: Functional Preprocessing

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 04/27/2007

WiX: Building a Patch using the new Patch Building System - Part I

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Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 04/27/2007

WMI over IPv6 fails

As part of the Visual Studio Team System setup, we are using a System Health Check tool to verify...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 01/12/2006

VS Fails to Launch after Vista Build-to-Build Upgrades

Currently, VS fails to launch after Vista build to build upgrades. A message box is displayed that...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 11/11/2005

Error 1310 when installing VS from CD/DVD

There have been many problems recently with installation from the media that was handed out at the...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 09/28/2005

Visual Studio 2005 repair may require reboots

Although we went to great lengths to reduce the number of reboots required by setup, there were...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 09/13/2005

Why does it take so long to leave a voicemail?

Has anyone noticed that the standard greetings on voicemails are getting longer and longer? What...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 09/13/2005

Hello World!

In the world of blogs, most people blog about their personal life and experiences. Around here (at...

Author: Peter Marcu (MSFT) Date: 09/11/2005