How to Enable WiX Projects in Visual Studio 2015

Question

When I go the the New Project dialog in Visual Studio 2015, Windows Installer XML isn\'t available. How can I enable WiX projects in Visual Studio 2015?

Answer 1

Update 2015-09-08: WiX Toolset 3.10 is released with official support for Visual Studio 2015 editions. It is available for download from wixtoolset.org.

You can manually enable Visual Studio 2015 compatibility with WiX 3.9 or earlier:

1. Copy
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\WiX to
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\WiX

2. Then execute as Administrator:

   "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv" /setup

   

When you open Visual Studio 2015, WiX 3.9 and earlier projects will be compatible.