Is there any way to display an warning message if the user tries to install my app when the battery level is under 5%? I'm using InstallShield.

I am creating an install package using InstallShield Pro X. The upgrade works properly. However, the product manager wants the upgrade to replace all files on an upgrade even if the create date != ...

It's always seemed strange to me that downloadable applications would offer multiple types of installers. For example, sometimes you can choose either a .exe or a .msi Do certain types of installe...

As most of you probably noticed, when uninstalling an MSI package Windows will ask for the original .msi file. Why is that? I can only see disadvantages to that: not resilient to network changes...

Is there a way to exclude a folder that is located under a dynamic link in InstallShield? So I have a dynamic link that starts at PATH A, and the following is a small example directory structure: ...

I am looking for a replacement for InstallShield. Unfortunately we only have 1 license for InstallShield and it was installed on a developer's machine. I'm considering switching over to WiX, but af...

I've read a bunch of documentation on installers and haven't come across anything good that explains the underlying concepts. Most of the installer software I've come across is based on the same "d...

Our app uses a component that requires a license file in the directory with our executable, which happens to be a .NET WinForms app though I think it is immaterial to this question. When installed ...

I am about to start a new InstallShield project. There are three choices for the project type: Basic MSI InstallScript InstallScript-MSI What are the merits and demerits of each? Which one shou...

I have an InstallShield installation that uses custom actions that depends on the Visual C++ Runtime 8.0 sp1. In the past, I was able to install the runtime using the merge module provided by Micro...