Could not find required file 'setup.bin'

Question

I\'m unable to build a Setup Project in VS2010, for a Windows Service project. It fails with this error:

Could not find required file \'setup.bin\' in

Answer 1

It's a multi step solution.

First make sure you have the .Net SDKs installed.

Then make sure the following registry entry exists: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper\11.0

It must contain a 'Path' entry with the value pointing to the location of the bootstrapper: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\Bootstrapper\

The following powershell script does that for you:

$registryPath = "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper\11.0"
$registryValue = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\Bootstrapper\" 
function CreateRegistryValues {

    if(-not (Test-Path $registryPath ) )
    {
        Push-Location
        Set-Location -Path Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\GenericBootstrapper
        # First add the registry item
        New-Item -Name '11.0' -Value $registryValue
        #Then add a property on it for 'Path' and the folder in bootstrapper that contains the 'Engine' folder 
        New-ItemProperty `
            -Path  $registryPath `
            -Name 'Path' `
            -PropertyType String `
            -Value $registryValue
        Pop-Location
    }else{
        Write-Warning "You already have the registry key ($registryPath) set. `r`n No action was taken `r`n "
    }
}

Finally, you must copy the contents of the 'Engine' folder included as part of the Visual Studio tooling to the location listed in the registry value:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A\Bootstrapper\"