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How to Package and deploy Visual Studio Team Explorer Application

1. Recording the installation

..\Setup\Setup.exe /CreateUnattend C:\temp\Install.ini

This Will create a unattend file named install.ini

2. Installing it silently

..\Setup\setup.exe /UnattendFile c:\temp\install.ini

Windows Installer is a powerful tool for managing application installations. Applications that are installed through the Windows Installer service gain the automatic benefit of self-repair and configuration of user data for new users.

To uninstall Media Player 11 , we need to execute the following command lines in the following sequence .

"C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallMSCompPackV1$\spuninst\spuninst.exe" /quiet /norestart
"C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallWudf01000$\spuninst\spuninst.exe" /quiet /norestart
C:\\WINDOWS\\$NtUninstallwmp11$\\spuninst\\spuninst.exe /quiet /norestart

To uninstall the real player enterprise editon silently...

we can try
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\rnuninst.exe" "RealNetworks|RealOneEnt|6.0" –s

Some of the vendor executables are wrapped \ Created with the help of Wise Scripts. To deploy these executabales silently in enterprise environment we need to know the silent parameters used by the executables..

Most of the silent parameters are common and not necessarily to be same as it depends on the developer of the Wise script .

If an Msi has conditional features and the components have certain conditions , we need to make sure that the components are marked as Transitive components meaning the conditon is evaluated even during repair of an msi as well.

1. Download WinhttpCertcfg.exe from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384088.aspx
2. Copy the cert.pfx file to install directory say c:\program files\<Installdir>

The only compressed file type supported natively by Windows Installer is the Cabinet (CAB) format. The following limits apply to this file format.

No one file in a CAB can exceed 2GB
Maximum size of all files in one folder (compressed) 2GB
Maximum size of a CAB file (compressed) 2GB
Maximum number of files in a single CAB 64K

Method 1:

Add to MSIAssembly, MSIAssemblyName Table

How to Add .NET assemblies ( Global Assembly Cache )with WisePackageStudio ?

Step 1: Add the below key to registry to view GAC in Folder view.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion]
"DisableCacheViewer"=dword:00000001

Best way to register a dll which is part of the package is ,

Go to Files section in Wise Package Studio

Select the dll  -> Double click the dll - > go to self registeration ->

Select the Registration method -> Use order specified below...