Hi, I'm creating a setup project in Visual Studio and I have a couple of questions. Firstly: So far I have it so that the default location of the application folder is to be installed in a particular directory. I was wondering if it's possible to also have a set of files that gets insta...more >>

When I try to install Microsoft =2ENET Framework 1=2E1 with SP1 I get= the error message "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the= Windows Installer service because the program to be updated may= be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version= of the program=2E" Do I ne...more >>

This is the response I get when trying to install Microsoft =2ENET= Framework 1=2E1 with SP1: "The upgrade patch cannot be installed= by the Windows Installer service because the program to be= updated may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a= different version of the program=2E" Is...more >>

hi, In my setup project, I want to make sure users' machines are running Windows XP or Windows Tablet PC Edition SP2. How can I do that ? Thanks a lot. Dotnetjunky...more >>

We have a .NET application compiled as a Windows executable running in a Client/Server environment. We use CASPOL to setup the LocalIntranet security to allow our program to run. We have run into two Terminal Servers that cannot execute our program except when logged in as Administrator. What is ...more >>

Hi all I have made many install builds of this particular application in VS.Net 2003 and the installation and uninstalltion used to work fine All of a sudden uninstallation of my application hangs in middle. I have checked the Event Log also but there is no entry made in the same If I try to i...more >>

I've written an Add-in for MS Outlook and in Visual Studio .NET 2003, I also created a setup project to install the add-in. It all works well. When the user double-clicks on the .msi file to launch the setup, there's this choice of having the application installed "Just for me" or for "Everyon...more >>

I have been strugling to create a setup file for my VS.NET project. I have no problem with the deployment process up till setting the condition where it should launch the installed application if the checkbox is ticked, when the installation process is complete. can anyone help me solve this? i...more >>

Hi, I have a application that use WSE 2.0 to connect to a Web Service. I created a Setup Project in .NET studio to create a setup programm for this application. I would like to include WSE 2.0 Redistribution runtime MSI in the application Setup project and ship it to the client. What should...more >>

I have a windows service written in C# and it has the following installers. Installers.Add(new ProjectInstaller() /* EIF installer */); Installers.Add(perfCounterInstaller); Installers.Add(serviceInstaller); Installers.Add(processInstaller); It installs correctly without any error/exceptio...more >>

Is it possible to create your own custom dialog that is not part of the list of available dialogs for a setup project "User Interface" part? Kenneth Lewis...more >>

I have not found a way to control the flow of the dialogs. Say you put a dialog that has 3 types of installs. Workstation Install, Client Install, and Server Install. I create a radio button dialog using Add Dialog. Now after selecting which option I want how can I keep the next dialog not...more >>

I've created an install project for my service application which installs ok. I added a custom action in the "install" section. I just added the "primary output" to here and did nothing else. When I run the uninstall, the files are all removed but the service remains listed in Windows Servic...more >>

(Type your message here) hi! i have created a notepad in VB=2ENet2003 and have created a setup= it works good on my computer (where =2Enet installed) but on my= friends computer (Win98 installed )it setup asks for latest= servicepack when i installed the latest Service Pack but this= time ...more >>

Cannot open ASP.NET web in VS.NET 2003 EE. It says most likely the Web Server Components are missing on the web Server. When I try to uninstall and reinstall that piece it says I have to uninstall all of VS.NET since I am missing "some components" I did a standard install, but for some re...more >>

Hi all, I have a windows service that won't install on a non-dev machine. Exception occurred while initializing the installation: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name ServerService.exe, or one of its dependencies, was not found.. The service references a number of oth...more >>

Hi, I created a service project, added an installer class and run installutil.exe to install the service. After it prompted me for user name and password I got the following error: An exception occurred during the Install phase. System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The account name is i...more >>

I am having some trouble with a windows service I am trying to install. It builds just fine, but when I try to install it using an MSI created from a ..NET setup project, I get this error: Exception occurred while initializing the installation: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assemb...more >>

I'm creating an MSI for my app. I saw that there is a "Launch Conditions" configuration that will stop the MSI if a specific version of the .Net framework is not installed. What i'd like to do is include the redistributable in my MSI and run it if the framework in not already installed. ...more >>

In the VS.NET 2003 setup project I want to put a dialog box where user can specify a password with the input being shown in password characters(*). But in the predefined dialogs with textboxes there is no password character settings. How can I achieve this?...more >>

Hi All, Is there any way to perform custom actions(Written in Installer class) before any standard action performed by created MSI setup via .net setup project? Thanks in advance... -Shailesh ...more >>

Hi, I've read numerous forums on this but thus far none has worked. I try to open a project in VS.NET and get the typical "Visual Studio .NET has detected that the specified web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1. You will be unable to run ASP.NET web application or services". I...more >>

i want to validate the product key before istallation can proceed further.What should i do to achieve that. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Hi all. I have a situation where I want to distribute a COM DLL with my application. The COM DLL is called using late binding, and as such it is not referenced in the application's project as a reference. I have included it as a file in my setup project, however I have used all the COM o...more >>

I have just installed Windows XP from scratch. Before installing .Net from Windows-update I installed VStudio 2002 and the installation installed .Net 1.0. I have also installed version 1.1 of the framework, but it seems that VStudio still uses version 1.0 - at least that is what I conclude fr...more >>

Greetings, I have a pretty straight forward installation file that includes a couple OCX and DLLs that rely on MS VC++ runtime libraries. I've included the merge modules in the setup file to copy these necessary libraries to the user's system. I of course need to register the OCXs when ...more >>

Need to build complete deployment package for a multi-project enterprise soln consisting of 3 web apps, 20+ web services, 2 windows services, 61 component dll's and 4 databases. Everything except the databases are in one Build Solution. Project Output must be structured into unified Applicatio...more >>