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More specifically I want to test whether Oracle ODP.Net is installed on a machine. I want to do this by testing for the HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ODP.NET registry key. The actual values used by ODP.Net are stored in HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ODP.NET\2.111.6.20 however I assume that this lower level key's name will change as updates are released by Oracle. I have tried the following which fails, possibly because the (Default) value doesn't really exist or possibly because it is null (I'm not sure exactly how it's represented in the registry). <Property Id="ORACLE_ODPNET"> <RegistrySearch Id="ODPNET

I'm exploring distribution of .NET desktop applications with MSI generated by WiX. So far it works great. But I've got a few questions, googling can't help out with. What's the advised way of registering application to start when windows launches (in WiX)? What WixUI could I use and how? Notes: The application is not a Windows Service and should not be registered as such. It would be nice to let user to disable that option in the setup process. Thanks in advance! Shay Erlichmen I found this using Google (Providing automatic program start via the Registry); it also includes adding UI. Don't

I have a config file, myapp.exe.config, that I want to install only if it does not already exist. That is, I don't want to overwrite any existing config file. How can this be done in WiX? (Ultimately I will have to do something more sophisticated with settings, having defaults and overrides and so on. But in the meantime I am just looking for a short-term fix.) Wim Coenen What you describe is the default behavior if the file is the keypath of a component. For example, the following component will not be installed if foo.config already exists (or in the case of a versioned file, if a file with

I would like to keep my top level .wxs DRY while building 32 and 64 bit installers. I am using the -arch argument to candle.exe to control what default installer architecture is getting built. The wall I am hitting right now is that it appears the ProgramFilesFolder is different between 32 and 64bit (ProgramFiles64Folder) architectures. Here is my first attempt to work around: <?if $(sys.BUILDARCH)=x64 ?> <Directory Id='ProgramFiles64Folder' Name='PFiles'> <?else ?> <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'> <?endif ?> <Directory Id='the-rest' Name="Company Name"> ... I tried this with

I'm making use of the Wix standard dialogs. How do I customise the text of the messages displayed? For example, in the License Agreement page, I want to change the text "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" to "I acknowledge and accept the terms of the above agreement." Related: How can I set at runtime the text to be displayed in VerifyReadyDlg ? Here's how I did it: Add a new Localisation file to my Votive project (ie my Visual Studio Wix project) - right-click, Add -> New Item... -> Wix Localisation file Since I was customising the english text, I made sure the Culture attribute in