wix-extension Questions

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I am trying to create an installer project for a windows application using WiX v3.7 (as VS2012 does not include setup and deployment projects any more) for learning purposes. Wix toolset is entegra...
Alkyne asked 29/1, 2013 at 12:59

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I have an installer which configures 2 websites, one of which has some applications under the root site. The top level site is configured for Windows Authentication only, as below: <iis:WebSite...
Underclothes asked 25/9, 2013 at 13:27

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I've tried <UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal" />, but I get "Unresolved reference to symbol WixUI:WixUIMinimal". What am I doing wrong?
Whoa asked 27/2, 2009 at 22:27

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I'm trying to write a WiX script that uses the firewall extension to WiX, and it doesn't seem to find the extension dll (I think). The error I'm seeing is this: The File element contains an unh...
Thwart asked 13/6, 2012 at 12:42

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I am using wix installer to overwrite(read: modify existing registry values), add new ones etc. Upon uninstall I need to revert them back to their original state (the ones I modified). As this is n...
Stick asked 30/10, 2014 at 19:12

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Suppose that you have an installer (not a wix installer) that you downloaded from somewhere. How can you know UpgradeCode of that installer so that you can fill it in in the UpgradeCode section in ...
Selfacting asked 20/6, 2014 at 11:52

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I'm new to Wix/Burn and am trying to understand some of the fundamentals. I have a simple bootstrapper that installs the required .net 4.0 framework using the following chain: <Chain> <...
Bloomers asked 20/11, 2013 at 15:6

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I have installation of version 1.1. I created upgrade with version 1.2. In both products I have 2 files: <Component Win64="yes" Id="cmpFILE1" Guid="*"> <File Id="filFILE1" KeyPath="yes"...
Legion asked 20/5, 2014 at 12:39

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Learning how to create Wix Booloader so that I can install .NET framework with my msi install package. Anyway I am stuck with an error for an unhandled extension element. Code is below <?xml ve...
Delgadillo asked 13/3, 2014 at 13:10

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I am trying to create a installer for MVC4 application using Wix. I found an example that shows how to create an installer for a MVC4 Application at this link But when I try to build the Wix Setup...
Magnetograph asked 7/5, 2014 at 21:21

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I know how to set the permissions for a folder: <DirectoryRef Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="PHPFolder" Name="PHP"> <Component Id="PHP_comp" DiskId="1" Guid="*"> <...

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I have a problem with my WiX installer in contact with deferred / immediate custom actions. Please excuse my english. I want to surrender some properties, entered by the user, to a deferred custom...
Bildungsroman asked 28/10, 2013 at 7:9

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I've read all related topics and haven't found a full answer to my problem. I would like to give full permissions to SYSTEM and Read & Execute permissions to Users group to a folder under Prog...
Birthplace asked 14/2, 2010 at 9:26

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The question WiX - Install Windows Service and give permissions is exactly what I am trying to do. First I have added the UtilExtension namespace like this: <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft...
Addax asked 19/4, 2012 at 5:13

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I used WiX 3.7 to write a bootstrapper which installs .net 4.5 first and then my application's MSI: <Chain> <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx45Redist"/> <MsiPackage Id="MainAppPackage" ...
Reluctance asked 19/6, 2013 at 12:8

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TL;DR: Why do I need an empty <CreateFolder/> element in this conditional component in order to make it work? I'm putting together a simple WiX based installer for an in-house application. T...
Himelman asked 3/9, 2012 at 1:28

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I need to forcefully kill a process that is running in the background before attempting to delete any files, when running an Uninstall from an MSI created with Wix. The main application consist of ...
Mere asked 14/5, 2013 at 3:33

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During my setup I give an option to use "windows authentication" OR "server authetication". Everything works fine and db gets installed as long as I do "server authentication" and provide db userId...
Persaud asked 23/1, 2013 at 13:26

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What is the purpose and/or gain (other than increased readability for creating/deleting attributes) to nesting an XmlConfig element in another XmlConfig element? Example of what I'm referring to ...
Rutile asked 13/12, 2012 at 22:25

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Is they any wix command I can use to create database and to also add a user to the database? If yes, is there any example on how to do this?
Affirmation asked 9/1, 2012 at 4:8
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