I am using Burn for MSIs package. I am using Votive (Visual Studio) & my own custom BA instead of WiXBA. I tried to debug custom BA using Debugger.Launch(). But when I start debugging, error me...

I have created a setup for my web application using wix 3.7 but on building the WIX setup I got the following Error. error LGHT0195: The Windows Installer XML variable 'WixUICostingPopupOptOut' is...

I am having problems setting the TARGETDIR path. I used dark.exe to reverse engineer a working MSI file and read any posts I could find on this subject, but I seem to be unable to set the TARGETDIR...

I have written a C# custom action for my WIX V3 Installer which is supposed to modify my appsettings.json in the INSTALLFOLDER. The action´s Execute-attribute is set to immediate and Impersonate=&q...

How do I reference the RebootPending property in a Burn (WiX) bootstrapper? I know the property name is RebootPending, which is actually referencing the MsiSystemRebootPending property in Windows I...

I am trying to make a installer for a printer driver, Using WIX I have some Dlls a *.cat file a *.gdp file an *.inf file I was thinking about using the INF to deploy the driver but don't kno...

I have following .wxs-file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?define ProductVersion="x.x.x.x" ?> <?define UpgradeCode="{**MYGUID**}" ?> <?define Manufacturer="My Compan...

In the documentation, it mentions there are three options (besides rolling your own UI) for the bootstrapper: RtfLicense, HyperlinkLicense, and Foundation. It further states that if you want to use...

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

Is there a way to generate file using heat tool which will have Win64 attribute in Component sections? The problem is, in my 64-bit installer most of the files are 32-bit components, which must be...

I'm using Wix 3.6 to make a simple MSI which is used internally. I would like to know if there is an easy way to remove the license agreement dialog. Thanks for any suggestions

I'm working on a WIX 3.6 Installer for a web service. But I've run into an issue when attempting to use a HeatDirectory to harvest all of the necessary output and no matter what I try I get the fol...

To give you a background - I have a 4 MSI's which comes from our vendor and this has to go to our company servers (we are looking at around 3500 servers). As of now, my counterparts are managing th...

I am using <MajorUpgrade> in WiX 3.6 to force an uninstall of the previous version of my application when installing a newer version. My application installs an extension DLL file into Windows E...

I have 2 projects in my soliution: 1). Custom action class (CustomAction) 2). Wix setup project (TestSetup) There is CustomAction.cs in CustomAction project: using System; using System.Collecti...

Currently using WIX v3.6.3303 for developing an installer project. We are using CruiseControl to auto build and test various changes before release. Here is the error we are getting back from the t...

In VS2012, I've created an Wix3.6 setup project for an application. The installer output type is set to Executable Package (.exe) on the Properties tab. The setup project compiles and produces an ....

I tried to generate a 64-bit FireBreath MSI installer using heat.exe but got the following output: heat.exe : warning HEAT1108 : The command line switch 't:' is deprecated. Please use 't' instead...

According to this http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/user-interface/ui-wizardry I have created the following code <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.mic...

I'm trying to learn WiX and now creating sample setup project, using WiX Setup Project template for Visual Studio. I have a solution with three projects: .net class library; .net application, w...

I have built a Windows Installer package using WiX 3.6 that embeds a custom managed (C#) action. At this stage, the installation requires that The installer be run using a specific local adminis...

I have already made a quiet installer (without the need to click any buttons but some progress bar is shown while installation is in progress) for a project deployment. This time I wish to add an o...

Am developing an installer for my application using wix installer.installer. Wix is really new to me . In that installer am having a custom dialog and where i have kept check boxes inside it. &lt...

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 ...

I want to create a database in the installation process using WiX 3.6. I followed many tutorials, but I think there is something I am doing wrong. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <...