I am deploying a desktop application to my clients that uses the Crystal Reports API to display and print forms. I am building my installer using InstallShield 2012. I have also included the .NET 4...

I have a setup created with InstallShield. During upgrade or uninstall, after Install validate process, I get a alert dialog box with the following message: "The setup must update files or ser...

I am looking for suggestions to an alternative setup application from Install Shield. We are currently using Install Shield and I have never been impressed with it. It's way too bulky and the scr...

We have an older app from 2006 we'd like to uninstall at the command line using group policy, but I can't get a silent uninstall to work. This works. Of course I need to click Next to uninstall: ...

I have 32-bit and 64-bit versions of my installer which have (nearly) the exact same code & custom action sequence (there are only minor differences which are not relevant to this issue) I wan...

In past i had other code signing which worked with innoSetup. But recently i purchased EV code signing for three year which is USB token certificate. when i do manually without InnoSetup it works...

How to set initial value of a check box (Checked/NotChecked) in InstallShield 2010. I added CheckBox to the Form, during adding I let for creation of custom property (I named it ISCHECKED). I set ...

I have an old ism file that I am trying to open. But I don't know what version of Installshield was used for creating the ISM project. Is there a way to tell this from the ISM file? I'm seeing som...

We currently have a major issue using Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010. The engine comes in 64-bit and 32-bit forms, which is good. However, apparently you need to always install the 32-bit ve...

We're having a weird issue with Installshield. I'm using the Installshield to install a windows service on our DEV and QUAL environment (same machine). The configuration files are identical (.isl,...

As you see from Project Assistant->Installment Requirement screenshot of InstallShield, It is showing only till .NET Framework 4.6 in the list. How do I add other frameworks like 4.7 and above? ...

Windows Installer technology supports administrative installation. The command line for initiating administrative installation is: 'msiexec /a setup.msi'. I want to understand the purpose of this t...

I have a installshiled project which generates setup.exe file. I'd like to enable silent install by generating proper setup.iss file. I ran the following command: Setup.exe /r which lunched the ...

I have a problem trying to make a WiX installer of my Windows service similar to an existing InstallShield Limited Edition 2015 installer. I tried to reproduce the same existing InstallShield confi...

I'm trying to set a public property in an InstallShield installer with a value containing space. While running the MSI installer, I'm using below command on PowerShell prompt. Since the value conta...

I have an issue with building an MSI with Install Shield LE in Visual Studio. The error says "-4340: Internal Build Error", but the link to Flexera is worthless. I tried the suggestion in another p...

I have two application and install in different folders, let call it app A and B, A is main application and B is an COM module, A will start B through COM API after A started, there are some DLLs n...

One of our partners/resellers is a device manufacturer who has a specific installer of our application that also installs utilities and drivers for their hardware. Up until now we had put the drive...

I have Inno Setup script, where I need to use the SignTool=signtool, which is configured properly and worked in past. But it's failing when I try to compile with the following error: Sign Too...

I'm building a Windows Service in VB.NET with Visual Studio 2012. I included log4net in my project to deal with logging information about the service execution. I created a log4net.config file, whi...

Anyone know where the elusive setup project template went to for Visual Studio 2017? Trying to update VS2015 setup projects, but their setup projects are not supported and MS has no information I c...

There is my BasicMsi setup that installs an application (32bit) MyApp per-machine. The installer requires admin rights at startup. The application MyApp is installed into the INSTALLDIR-folder sele...

I have an installation package that installs a mapping program I use for work. As I now have to upgrade to Windows 10, unfortunately the program won't install as some components are no longer valid...

Here's the situation: I have an InstallShield LE setup project (a couple actually) which have been working well for the last year. Recently I configured a new laptop, thus reinstalled Visual Stud...

I have a folder with a 3rd party installer, the folder contains a setup.exe and all its CAB files next to it (and many related folders). I want to be able to re-package this 3rd party installer ...