Threads Replies Last Post 5 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5   Looking for MSI MS-6967 bluetooth dongle MSI site has only a 11kb download. Help please... 2 5/1/2007 3:23:45 PM Windows installer unnecessary intervention Sometimes, when I'm installing new programs (or all the times I start Office programs), Installer starts, trying to install already installed (or already uninstalled) programs. Btw, the programs I'm installing aren't ".msi" programs either. How to end this behaviour? Thanks. Giovanni ... 8 5/1/2007 9:25:12 AM Basic UI through WindowsInstaller properties Hi there, I'm trying to kick off a silent install of my windows installer MSI through the VS2005 setup.exe bootstrapper. The bootstrapper doesn't passthrough MSI cmdline args (like /qb) but does allow properties to be specified (prop=value), so I was wondering if there is a way I can accomplish this through WindowsInstaller properties; or if alternatively there's a better way to ac... 1 5/1/2007 1:22:00 AM adware i have somehow allowed adware to be downloaded on to my computer. there is a flashing icon on the windows bar along the bottom. it keeps flashing up with a message saying system alert. when i click on it a ad comes up for something called spylocked. can anyone tell me how i can remove it. thank you . dave... 3 4/28/2007 2:04:01 PM Newbie: Custom Action Hi, I set up a custom action in vbScript to run during: During Installation After Destination Folder Dialog Everything works great until they try to run "Silent Installation". The Destination Folder Dialog never pops out, so the script is not run or it is stucked there waiting. would you guy teach me how to do it please? Thanks!! ... 2 4/28/2007 9:49:55 AM Extract .rtf file from Binary Table and Print Is there a way to extract an .rtf file from the Binary table? I would then like to use the Operating System's Write.exe to print this file (Write.exe /p <extracted location>\eula.rtf). The file should then be deleted after print. I'm using Wise for Windows Installer and they don't have a handy-dandy print mechanism to print License Agreement, ReadMe info, etc. from their dialogs. ... 7 4/28/2007 12:49:48 AM Unrelated Network Drive Causing Self-Repair We have a user in-house that has installed our software while attached to our network. When attached, he has an F:\ drive, but when unattached or at home, this drive is not available. When installed, this F:\ has nothing to do with the application's installation really, as it is installed to C:\. While at work, he can use the installed application without problem. Now, at home, he gets a s... 3 4/27/2007 2:10:15 PM Missing Network Drive Causing Self Repair! HELP!?!?!?!?!? We have a user in-house that has installed our software while attached to our network. When attached, he has an F:\ drive, but when unattached or at home, this drive is not available. When installed, this F:\ has nothing to do with the application's installation really, as it is installed to C:\. While at work, he can use the installed application without problem. Now, at home, he gets a s... 3 4/25/2007 7:55:41 PM Best practice for Updates? Hi, I'm just about to release my first msi based installer, and am a bit confused about how to handle upgrades. My product ships a demo version with limited functionality, and a full version which is available after purchase. I planned to ship the full version as a minor upgrade to the demo version. That seems to require me to change the product version as described here: <http://t... 2 4/24/2007 4:48:44 PM Controlling Visibility of User Interface I an Making a web setup project in VS 2005 .I have added a RadioButtons Dialog and Textboxes. What I need to do is based on what radio button is selected either make the Textbox screen visible or not. Or Should I say If they select Radio Button 2 Then I do not need the textbox's at all... Any help would be great. Thanks Randy ... 4 4/23/2007 9:42:43 PM How to rectify windows installer problem Dear Sir, I am using windows 98 second edition.I am trying to install Flash 8 software.But the set up was canceled,i am getting the following error message. WINDOWS INSTALLER-KB884016-V2-X86.EXE File is linked to missing export NT DLL.DLL:NtopenprocessToken. Kindly,please anyone knows how to rectify this problem. Thanks Suvetha.... 2 4/23/2007 7:48:20 PM 1642 error when patching an already patched install We're just about to release an MSP for our program, but before doing so I was asked to make sure that we're able to release a 2nd MSP if need be. So far I've had bad results. Our current program version is 01.08.0000 The 1st MSP will be 01.08.0100 The 2nd MSP can be anything...I chose 01.08.0105 So far I'm getting a 1642 ERROR_PATCH_TARGET_NOT_FOUND when trying to apply patch 01.08.0105... 2 4/20/2007 1:44:52 AM WIX adding a registry key after a dll selfreg I have a tricky problem: Using difxApp, I am installing a driver written by a third party. Included in this installation is a dll that must be registered. Because this dll may be updated at any time, I am using SelfRegCost = '1' in the <file> line to self register the dll. The dll creates a registry key and I must LATER add a value to the key to give the path to my control panel ap... 3 4/19/2007 5:41:05 PM Weird Windows Installer Behavior From what I have gone through, this is not a common problem. It seems that Windows Installer 3.1 has been thoroughly corrupted for: 1)Upon attempting to uninstall any software from add or remove programs the following error is displayed: “The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or the Windows Installer is not corr... 1 4/18/2007 5:14:29 PM 64-bit MSI writing to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node area I am trying to write a 64-bit MSI that will end up installing multiple 64-bit apps, two 64-bit drivers and one 32-bit app. I need the MSI to add some entries for the 32-bit app before it starts. The 32-bit app needs to see its entries in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\<product> area, but the 64-bit installer can only write to the HKLM\SOFTWARE \<product> area. How do I tell a 64... 4 4/17/2007 11:40:10 PM 5 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5