I have an application that I'm creating the installer for. The app is built using Visual Studio 2003 .Net, but I am not using anything ".NET". It is just a simple C++ application. When I build my setup.exe (using InstallShield Express 5.0), the log file reports the following line: "Adding Mic...more >>

When installing the .Net framework on a machine that does not currently have it, what can I expect in regard to: 1. installation file size 2. footprint on machine that it is installed on Where can I find an installation file for it? Thanks. STom ...more >>

How do I build a setup application where the user runs one application, say "Setup.exe" which takes care of all requirements? I want to allow users to do a simple install, where the install application takes care of any required upgrade to MDAC, IE and loads Dotnetfx as required, and then copies ...more >>

Hi I'm trying to install .NET Framwork 1.1 on a Windows 2000 Professional computer. The computer has all the latest service packs and security fixes. I downloaded a file from microsofts homepage called "dotnetfx.exe" but when i try to install it I receive a prompt saying "Microsoft .N...more >>

Hi All, Sure I'm missing something but I can not find legal a way to debug an installer custom action class. When I'm running setup my action is executed, but how to put a breakpoint in it? Of course, I can emulate a call to public override void Install(IDictionary stateSaver) and other me...more >>

I need a functionality where my clients download Excel files and after they do, I do some processing. Downloading is easily achieved using a anchor or hyperlink tag, but that does not give me the full functionality I am after. So, I came up with a way to download the files using a stream but aft...more >>

hello, my project implements a browser helper object, which is compiled for .NET 1.1, but in order to run it under .NET 1.0, I need to properly redirect 1.1 assemblies to their 1.0 versions. and since a browser helper object is just a dll, i need to create iexplore.exe.config to enable the red...more >>

I would like to build a basic setup for a VB.NET app but include one file that will be different per user without rebuilding the setup every time, just place the new file on the CD and have setup install it in the same location as the application. Any ideas? Thanks, Shane ...more >>

I am looking for a group on writing setups in VB.NET. Is this group just for setting up the IDE and FRAMEwork or for building setups for .NET apps? Thanks, Shane ...more >>

I did a google search on this group, and could not come up with a best technique to exclude updating the web.config file when it already exits. I saw one post that implied that this is done automatically (or by default) in a web setup project, but I am not finding that to be the case. My web.c...more >>

Hi, My msi package installs perftly, but while uninstalling I get an error and the uninstall fails. The error as listed in the Windows event log: "The description for Event ID ( 11001 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry informat...more >>

I have this problem installing DotNet IDE [06/18/02,16:13:54] VS70pgui: Failed to increment max steps for small After that i downloaded the framework.net, MDAC 2.8 & ODBC.Net And they were well installed very well, then i tried once again to install DotNet I followed the steps ...more >>

Hi Can I get the set-up to find out word's user template folder path (which could be different for different versions of word or if user has changed from the default) and then copy a file into that folder, all during the set-up? Thanks Regards ...more >>

I have a .NET application that I am trying to deploy. Unfortunately, it has 5 "setup" components that need to be installed preferably from a common install screen. Each of the deployment projects (Setup.exe) and MSI files work just fine individually so I know that the installs do work when ru...more >>

Hi, Whats the "recommended" way to check to see if a path is already on in the PATH environment variable, and if not, to put it there during the installation. And... how do you detect it and remove it if detected during uninstall operations? I can do a registry search to get the current va...more >>

Group, After uninstalling/removing all .Net Framework related products from Windows XP Professional Desktop (.Net Matrix, 1.0, 1.1, with Distributable SDKs for each), I attempted to re-install the .Net Framework Ver 1.0 and received the following messages: Product: Microsoft .NET Framework...more >>

I recently bought a copy of Visual C#.NET Deluxe Learning addition. I was under the impression that this comes with SQL Server Desktop Engine. I installed everything I should have (I think), but when I type the commands to grant access to SQL at the DOS prompt, it tells me that SQL Server does...more >>

I downloaded succesfully MS .Net Framework 1.1 with Windows Update to my Windows XP Pro in a Dell Dimension 4550. However the installation (with administrator rights) failed and produced the following error message: "Microsoft .Net Framework Setup cannot write to the setup log.". I found the dow...more >>

To All: How do I modify my setup project to ensure the exe is added to the client startup folder? A link to written documentation would be helpful. Thanks. r ...more >>

Hi, Is there a property that indicates an installing msi that a previous version has been uninstalled (i.e. that this is a major upgrade and not a normal installation) ? Many thanx, Hagay. ...more >>

I am planning to have both versions on my laptop. Have anyone ever experienced any issues with this? Thanks. ...more >>

I have deployed my web solution to mw web server but all my dates are displaying as mm/dd/yyyy.The Regional settings in Control Panel on the web server are set to dd/mm/yyyy. Is there somewhere else I should set the date for the web server?...more >>

When I try to use Windows Update to apply Service Pack 2 to my .net 1.0 framework, the installation times out. Unlike installing the entire framework, I know of no error log that I can look at in regards to installing a service pack. Baffling. I have no idea how to get started on solvin...more >>

My OS is Win2k Pro. I did a windows update and tried to download and install the .net framework.. it downloaded the complete installable and during the installation, the program stopped responding. so i shut down and restarted my machine and Ran th einstallable again manually.. again it ra...more >>

I m getting an error while installing Microsoft Visio for Enterprise Architect. I had installed Visual Studio .Net 2002 - Enterprise Architect earlier and then uninstalled it and installed the Visual Studio .Net 2003 - Enterprise Architect version. Then i tried installing Microsoft Visio f...more >>

Hallo I have an application that when installed should be available for everyone. During the setup procedure there is a dialog box that asks if the application should be available for everyone or "Just me" Does anyone know how to force the setup to be available for everyone? Nigel.....more >>

Is anyone familiar with that Automatic/Automated Update feature for .NET WinForms apps which essentially allow a user to hit a server for their data (even over the Internet) possibly and have their .NET WinForms apps get updated automatically? Can someone tell breifly how this works and if the...more >>

I would like to configure my window which will be shown when my installation running. When i create Custom Action and Passing Data to a Custom Action, I customize the installation user interface by below steps : 1.. Select the Setup project in Solution Explorer. On the View menu, point to E...more >>

The .NET Redistributable provided by Microsoft is very heavy and takes more than 100 MB of space on the Client Machine, This is very big as per our requirement. My question is : Can we redistribute/deploy a small part of the framework. like we copy the specific assemblies and some other n...more >>

Hello - VB Newbie here. I was following some simple instructions in a vb.net book on how to deploy a simple solution - but kept getting error when doing the build dotNETFXRedist_x86_enu.msm must not be used to redistribute the .NET Framework. Please exclude this merge module Somebody sug...more >>

Hello, How is everybody??? I developed an ASP.NET application using VS 2002 (Framework 1.0). I'm in the phase of implementation and my client want to install the application using the lastest version of the framework (1.1). With the idea that VS.NET is backward compatible we installed...more >>

My computer has .NET framework installed, and I attempted to install .NET framework service pack 2 but failed. Here's the error dialog box from Windows Installer: The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the up...more >>

During installation of .NET Framework 1.1 on a W2k Server I get an error message: Error 1926: Could not set file security for file 'C:\Config.Msi\'. Error: 5. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to modify the security permissions for this file. After this error, the installation pro...more >>

Hi Trying to reinstall vs.net because half its interface disappeared, but that's another story... * Uninstalled VS.NET * Uninstalled .NET framework 1.0 and 1.1 * Followed the steps to uninstall them manually at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B320112 * ...more >>

Is there a way to delay-sign CABs so that they can be signed on a CA server? Or is there a way to set up two CA servers (which are not connected by a network) to validate the signatures of CABs signed on one of them? Or is there a better way to do this (like a setup project with an "Auth...more >>

Upon building the setup for our Active Directory .NET project we ran across an issue. When removing the site, setup is also removing the registry entries for activeds.tlb. For more information see here: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&frame=right&th=4c0096f21e6e7475&...more >>

When i try to install visual studio dot net i got message internal erro 2709 and will be exit from install how to sovle this problem pleas help me?? s412014 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted via http://www.mcse.m ---------------------------------...more >>

Was wondering if someone whould know whats going on I have installed Windows XP about month or so ago and have been having few problems which I have been working through (autorun on cd not autorunning, not detecting ISA modem can't install at all) but my major problem at this time is the dot Net ...more >>

Hi, I'm relatively new to .net and the setup project. But I've got a solution with 2 projects. These projects are similar and currently my setup project (3rd project in the solution) - installs both of them. I tried splitting this into multiple solutions (each with its own setup project). Bu...more >>

My company have a MSDN subscription and I am testing a setup project for a ASP.NET application that uses Crystal Reports. When I add the Crystal_RegWiz2003.msm merge module it is suppose to expose a LicenseKey property that accepts a keycode. This is not happening, I am wondering ...more >>

I get this error when I try to build the setup/deployment project for my application. Cannot find any info on what this HRESULT means (different from the one mentioned in post dated 11/6 and I have never had InstallShield developer installed). Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

hello everyone. I have VS.NET cd's including windows component update. I did install this cds, before without any problme. but , i removed older version of .netframwork and installed version 1.1 , so umm, that stoped my vs.net from working since couldn't find .netframwork. ( my mistake ) I do ...more >>

Greetings, I've created an installer for a desktop app. My desktop app requires the ability to drag and drop files onto the shortcut (to feed the app the file paths as command line arguments). When the installer creates the shortcuts, I can't drag and drop onto the shortcut, I have to mak...more >>

I have more than one file type to register during setup and I want to assign each type a seperate icon. The icons are included in my application project as embedded resources, yet when I try to choose them, the select icon only shows my app.ico. Where did my other icons go?...more >>

Hi all, I have created a setup project using dotnet setup & deployment project for one of our applications. I installed this application logged in as an admin user of the box and checked the application, every thing was fine. I logedoff and another user who is also an admin of this bo...more >>

Do I use some sort of Custom Action and if so how?? ...more >>

I am trying to add MSDE Merge Modules per MS's workshop webcast. And when I go into the "Add Project Output Group" dialog it is completely empty when the guy running the webcast has several options to choose from including "Primary Output" . WHY? ...more >>

I'd like to install 1.1, but my 1.0 .NET installation might be incomplete or corrupted. I tried to uninstall it but it wanted to find a file called C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1 \LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\netflx.msi -- which doesn't exist on my hard disk. Trying to reinstall version 1.0 doesn't wor...more >>

Hallo Everyone I have written a simple VB.NET program that uses Globalization to change controls from the default language (English) to German when the regional settings are set to German. This works fine in the development environment but if I create a setup project and deploy this on...more >>

I'm sorry, I'm newbie in Installation/Deployment. Please can you tell me where and how in teh Visual Studio 2003 I can set Deployment Properties of my project/solution? Thx ...more >>