setup-project

I am using a Windows Installer deployment project in VS 2010 to create an installer for a small demo project. The demo needs to install a SQL Compact database file (MyData.sdf). The demo can't install the database to the application folder on the user's machine--I get an "access denied" error if I do that. So, the logical place to install the database would seem to be a subfolder under the user's c:\ProgramData folder. How do I specify the c:\ProgramData folder in the deployment project's File System Editor? I right-click the File System on Target Machine node and hover over Add Special Folder

I created an installer with Visual Studio 2010 Version 10.0.40.219.1 SP1 Rel. My application is built/compiled for x86 and requires VC++ runtime libraries. Thus, the setup project is configured with VC++ runtime libraries as a prerequisite. Every time I run the installer I get the popup "The following components will be installed on your machine." "Visual C++ 2010 Runtime Libraries (x86)". The first time it gets installed asa expected. The second and subsequent times it asks me whether to repair or remove VC++ 2010. This popup should only be displayed once, the first time it is discovered that

I have a small app with a setup project. If I create a shortcut to my Primary Output, then this gets a standard Win7 icon and not the icon specified in my exe's Application Icon? Whats the best way to make sure my desktop shortcut icon is the same icon as my exe? e.g. If I change the exe's icon then I'd like the Setup icon to change as well. If you set the icon for the shortcut you can set a primary output as source. In the file system editor of the setup project, click on the "(Icon)" combobox in the properties pane of the shortcut, then option "(Browse...)", button "Browse...". You'll see

Why do I get the following error when building a setup project? An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = '80004005' One project in solution had ToolsVersion="4.0" (in .csproj file), changed it to ToolsVersion="3.5" and setup project builds fine. Justin Pihony Both of the reasons I found are already in other answers, but they are in separate answers and not fully explained. So, hopefully this will combine the possibilities and give good means of debugging each. :) Common Reason My problem was not a dependency error. However, that does seem to be the common reason. So, basically, you need

I wish to add licence agreement to my setup files (using setup project) If user does not accept it, setup should be cancelled. Please advise how to do it. Thanks and best regards, Furqan You can easily add a "License Agreement" dialog to a setup project created in Visual Studio. To do this, follow these steps: With your setup project open in Visual Studio, right-click on the project in the Solution Explorer, point to "View", and click "User Interface". Right-click on the "Start" group, and select "Add Dialog" from the pop-up menu. In the "Add Dialog" dialog, click the "License Agreement" icon

Is there a way to include the version number as part of the output.msi filename in a VS2008 Setup Project? I'd like for example an output file called: "myinstaller-1.0.13.msi" where the version part is automatically set based on the version number I have put in the deployment project properties. JPReddy Not sure whether you still require this or not but wanted answer this as we did similar kind of operation in the postbuild event. As far as the research I did this is not possible to set the file name as you want internally through setup process. You can do this in other way by naming the

I have a Setup/Deployment Project for my Application and it outputs certain files (*.dll, *.dat) to the Application Folder. I would like a condition to be set to check if a file currently exists or not. If it doesn't, write it but if it does, don't install it from the package. Is it possible? The file is called "database.dat" and under the Properties, I see a "Condition" attribute, but I'm not familiar with what to put in there. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Edit: Reason why it would already exist is that from a previous install there would be data from a DataSet / Data