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I have an installation program created using the limited version of Install Shield within Visual Studio 2012. I have a digital certificate that I want to add to the installation program. I'd like to use the SingleImage feature of Install Shield to create and deliver a single installation file (e.g. setup.exe) to my customers. It seems, however, that I must attach the digital certificate to an msi file, which is embedded within setup.exe, by Install Shield. I have found that placing the digital certificate on setup.exe results in telling the user that the publisher is unknown, when running the

I've got a problem here with an MSI deployment that I'm working on (using InstallShield ). We have a program running in the background that needs to run per-user, and it needs to start automatically without user intervention. The problem is with Group Policy Object / Active Directory (GPO/AD) deployment the application is started in the SYSTEM context before anyone is logged in rather than as the user who is about to log in. The application can only run once per user, and it seems that the SYSTEM process prevents the USER process from starting. This means the PCs need to be rebooted twice

I have an InstallScript project in IS2010. It has a handful of services that get installed. Some are C++ exes and use the "InstallShield Object for NT Services". Others are Java apps installed as services with Java Service Wrapper through LaunchAppAndWait command line calls. Tomcat is also being installed as a service through a call to its service.bat. When the installer runs in upgrade mode, the services are reinstalled, and the settings (auto vs. manual startup, restart on fail, log-on account, etc.) are reverted to the defaults. I would like to save the service settings before the file

Or is there anything cheaper and better? I am still using the Installsheild express (Borland Limited Edition) as supplied with Delphi 6 :) but I "feel" that I should update it – am I going to gain much or anything buy buying the 2010 version? The old version does work on Vista. I am using Delphi 2009. Any opinions or a definitive yes/no? I like InnoSetup a lot. Combined with ISTool it's quite comfortable too. Mick It depends, but it does not depend on the application's language (Delphi, C#, C++, C, etc). You need to primarily decide if you want to create MSI's , which is Microsoft's official

I am using InstallShield 2011. I have a COM object that needs registered during installation. I cant seem to find anywhere where it instructs you on how to do this. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks EDIT: Create a component and add your COM dll/ocx to it and right click it to mark it as key file if needed. Then right click the file and select "Extract COM". You should see a bunch of progress messages as it harvests the various registry entries. Build your installer and test it on a clean machine. Please see Rod Maupin's blog《COM Extraction/Registration in an InstallShield Project》 http://www

It's always seemed strange to me that downloadable applications would offer multiple types of installers. For example, sometimes you can choose either a .exe or a .msi Do certain types of installers have advantages over others? Does it matter which one you choose? As a developer, why would I want to offer different installers to my users? One big difference between the exe and msi: You can EDIT an MSI file. You can access the MSI Database directly using Orca -or- code it up through the WindowsInstaller APIs, using your favorite Windows hacking methods. Ex. I wrote a python based builder which,