how can I install the .Net Framework Configuration Utility? From what I read it should be accessible from the Administrative Tools menu in the control panel. Thanks for your help john...more >>

Hi, I have been trying to get typelib registration to work on VS2008 with a ..Net/COM assembly and a generated typelibrary. I cannot get the type library properly included into the setup project. This is the error/warning I get: WARNING: Unable to create registration information for f...more >>

If you right click on the Custom Action node in the Custom Actions view you'll see a folder list, and selecting the one where your primary output is being installed should show (for example) "Primary Output from ClassLibrary1". OK will add it to all the nodes. -- Phil Wilson Definitive G...more >>

GC.Collect() not cleaning memory, how to find out what references to lots of memory still exist? When all my processign is done i set everything to null and then: GC.Collect(); and then GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); but it still shows that my process takes 400 MB of memory. Is there any ea...more >>

"Skynet" <skynet@nospam.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:29DA9776-6CA8-4DA9-AD29-663A2D892528@microsoft.com... > I've just installed Windows XP Professional SP2, and all the the patches > by windows update. > When i tried to install .net framework 3.5, or repair it, i got this > strang...more >>

I need to get the primary output exe associated with a custom action for use in an Installer class. How do I do this? -- ScottyO...more >>

I've just installed Windows XP Professional SP2, and all the the patches by windows update. When i tried to install .net framework 3.5, or repair it, i got this strange error, which i never seen before: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8880/71504027nb8.jpg Any solution? I've installed ...more >>

I need help uninstalling/fixing/or updating. I can't seem to do any of these things (apparently my current version has become corrupted)...more >>

Is this assembly also in the GAC? I suspect that LoadFrom (used internally to load your custom action assembly) will find one that exists in the GAC, and it's the old one, the wrong one. -- Phil Wilson Definitive Guide to Windoows Installer http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972 ...more >>

PerformanceCounterCategory.Create() takes 3 minutes to add a new category!! How come? What can cause this? ...more >>

Thanks Phil for your reply. As per your suggested link, I already signed my assembly with strong name. For further checking I resigned my next version's assembly with different key, but same problem :-(. Any other solutions? On Apr 9, 9:53=A0pm, "Phil Wilson" <phil.wil...@wonderware.somethin...more >>

The issue here is running the wrong assembly's custom action: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906766/en-us The missing installstate file is probably a downstream effect of this. -- Phil Wilson Definitive Guide to Windoows Installer http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972 "Dhananjay"...more >>

Hi All, [ This post is related to COM addin, but the same problem happens when I created a project using installer class & incorporated that project into my existing windows application project.] I have created one Outlook addin using VSTO SE / VB 2005 / Outlook 2007. To set the security of my ...more >>

Hi Phil, > I hope you're not in a Setup & Deployment Project or any other half-way > decent install tool because these tools do registration for you anyway. I'm using Inno Setup 5.x and I would definitely call it a decent install tool. It installs and uninstalls programs at least twice as ...more >>

How to I get my ASPX files to run through local host? I have them set up in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot, but I can't seem to figure out how to wade through all the IIS settings to get my default website to display through http://localhost/. WinXP SP2 ASP.NET 2.0...more >>

I hope you're not in a Setup & Deployment Project or any other half-way decent install tool because these tools do registration for you anyway. -- Phil Wilson Definitive Guide to Windoows Installer http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972 "Christian Blackburn" <christian.Blackburn@ya...more >>

Hi Gang, Does anyone know a best practices method for locating the correct version of RegASM.exe using the registry? This is the strategy I've come up with and just want to make sure there isn't something potentially problematic in my method: 1. Read "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsof...more >>

My system is XPSP1, recently updated by Microsoft. It's an older laptop and I'm running out of disk space. I only installed my first ".NET' app recently, that I know of, and the app setup pointed me to URLS to get it from. I dodn't pay attion to sizes. Now I find I have the following on...more >>

Is there a way to conditionally exclude an entire directory of files from an installation? I've had success conditionally excluding a single file (using the CONDITION property, based on the value of a checkbox). But I can't seem to conditionally exclude an entire directory. Please don't tell me ...more >>

Hello, The location of the Click Once Client update was changed (Cert expired), while the users desktop shortcuts remained from the Original install. I confirmed that the application starts using Start Menu / Programs, but not the old desktop shortcuts. This makes sense to me, but is the...more >>

I'm not very technological and I'm having trouble adjusting the font and color on my email signature using Outlook Express and Microsoft Vista. I've tried copying and pasting my signature from another location but Vista changes the fonts and color. Unfortunately my company requires all si...more >>

I have the same problem. Anyone have information on this? I had another vista machine and it worked fine but now... not good. All indications are the OS. Common Microsoft. Amy did you get your info? "Amy" wrote: > i bought battlefield 2 for my computer...it downloaded fine and when i ...more >>

Trying to install NET Framework 3.0 SP1, I can't get connection to Microsoft's download-server. The setup tool retries five times and then stopps, asking me to send the error-report to Microsoft. I also can't get connection to Windows Update via Internet Explorer, although I followed advic...more >>

In custom action it doesnot support bat file.I am uning VS 2005 for creating the web setup! Thanks, Chandan kumar...more >>

A couple of things: 1) MSI-based setups sometimes aren't happy installing from network drives because they are user based. Subst drives don't work with MSI either. Use UNC, \\servername\share.. etc. If your original 2.0 install was fron a mapped drive that might be the source of your issues...more >>

I'm having trouble with .net Framework 2.0. In 2007 I received a security update, but could not install it. I'm trying to use a program which uses 2.0, but it doesn't work at all. I can't use N:\dotnetframework\dotnetfx.exe /t:c:\temp /c:"msiexec.exe /i c:\temp\netfx.msi REINSTALL=ALL Reinstall...more >>

Hi All, I am creating a web setup Project using VS 2005.First time its works fine, But when I closed the solution and again open solution and try to build web setup project then there is an error like that could not find file (.msi,.exe,.tmp) with these extension inside the debug or release f...more >>

Hi: Intel Corporation Video: Intel Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family For Vista x86/x64 This Onboard Intel Q965 / Q963 Video card requires a manual install from within the Device Manager - only! Firstly, after your Windows Vista has done the updates, then uninstall the Microsoft Intel Q965/Q...more >>

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Hi I added a project to run ngen to my solution (apart from my main project) and then added the output of ngen project to the custom install event. I tried removing it but the error still remains. I even removed the whole ngen project from solution that did not help either. Thanks Reg...more >>