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we're using Wix to create our installers. We're using the UI where one can select the features that need to be installed. Some features are enabled by default and others are disabled. However, these defaults are retained when we run an upgrade. We would like the installer to remember what features were installed and enable them in the Feature Tree for upgrading. All other features should be disabled. We had this code, which seemed to work, but actually, it didn't: <Feature Id="MainFeature" Level="1" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR" Display="expand"> <Feature Id="Feature1" Level="1"

I am newbie to Wix and creating a multi feature Wix project. Our product is having 4 modules and each module has to be included as a feature in the Windows installer. But all features are sharing the same folder structure. I am using commandline to build my Wix project. After harvesting every module into different wxs fragments, the light.exe giving error saying that duplicate id in the dirercoty table. My file tree is look like... ModuleA - Core |--bin |--etc | |--mgr |--lib |-- a.txt ModuleB |--bin |--etc | |--mgr |--lib |-- b.txt ModuleC |--bin |--etc | |--mgr |--lib |-- c.txt I am using

I have a property for whether to install shortcuts that need to be passed via command line arguments. The conditions seem to work when I set the properties within the wxs file, but they seem to be ignored when setting them through the command line. From the log I see that they are being set: MSI (s) (24:C8) [11:01:32:234]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying INSTALLSTARTUPSHORTCUT property. Its current value is '0'. Its new value: '1'. MSI (s) (24:C8) [11:01:32:234]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying INSTALLSTARTMENUSHORTCUT property. Its current value is '0'. Its new value: '1'. MSI (s) (24:C8) [11:01:32:234

I install my application to a specific folder using the below wxs code: <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="CompanyName"> <Directory Id="SUBDIR" Name="Application Launcher"> <Component Id="ApplicationFiles" Guid="*"> <File Name="app.exe" Id="AppFile1" Source="app.exe" Vital="yes" /> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> I want to specify the installation folder with a parameter to be given from the command line like below: msiexec.exe /i setup.msi PATH=C:\MyCompany\Folder\ /qn Thanks a lot.

My "admin-image" style WiX test patches are failing to update the existing installation correctly. When using msiexec /lx, I get the following information related to patching "fi_executable.exe": MSI (s) (88:E0) [12:32:41:716]: Baseline: Patch {E244BAC8-7E62-4406-889B-4B67A4EA7369} modified fi_executable.exe with full-file update. MSI (s) (88:E0) [12:32:41:716]: Baseline: First patch for fi_executable.exe, saving native info. MSI (s) (88:E0) [12:32:41:716]: Baseline: fi_executable.exe version for baseline at patch Native: 6.0.5803.11, 1033, 53840. ... MSI (s) (88:E0) [12:32:41:716]: Baseline:

How to add (or change a default values) a summary page information to a WiX-generated MSI file? Summary page is the tab page which is visible if you right click on the MSI file in the Windows Explorer and includes following text fields: Title, Subject, Author, Category, Keywords, Comments alt text http://img151.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13824_msi_summary_122_495lo.jpg Further to @Stefan answer, here's a mapping of Wix items to msi details properties. have not found a way to set "category" property at all. Stefan That information is set in the <Package> element, for example: <Wix xmlns='http

I found that Wix v3 uses a tool (heat.exe) to "harvest" information into WiX fragments. Either I am looking in the wrong location, or this is thinly documented. What is the best way to auto-generate a WiX fragment (likely using heat.exe) for a complex folder structure that contains media files: Of varying types (ico/png/xaml/etc) That may change regularly (names/locations/adds/removes) That are classified as "Content" and included in a .csproj such that they can be built into an installer via WiX and would withstand upgrades and patches with decorum? Background Information I found heat.exe,

I am attempting to install a registry key that should only be accessible by certain users. Every other part of the installer works (it installs a service and registers a component). Here is the fragment. <Component Id="cmpXXX" Guid="{YYY}"> <RegistryKey Root="HKLM" Key="Software\ZZZ" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall"> <RegistryKey Key="Machine" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall"> <Permission User="Administrators" GenericAll="yes" /> <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ID" Value="SecretID" /> <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Key" Value="SecretKey" /> </RegistryKey> </RegistryKey> <

I am learning WIX to build installer for my app but I am stuck with removing files. My question is how can I remove files and folders on uninstall. When I click on remove button, all the files and folders which the installer created doesn't remove on uninstall. The answer is in the comments above but for future reference there are two things to check first when files are not being removed: Ensure that you do not have Component/@Guid="". In Specifically setting to an empty string (Guid="") tells the Windows Installer ignore all the stuff built into this Component. Note: WiX v3.6+ you can leave