Microsoft Best Practices on Component Rules

We need to keep the following points when we create components in Wise package Studio

We Can cusomise the rules by going into Component rules -> modify

• Match components in previous versions of the .MSI
• Add all executable files to their own components
• Add all .TLB files to their own components
• Group Matching .HLP and .CNT files together
• Group matching .CHM and .CHI files together
• Put registry keys associated with files or components in matching component
• Put Current User registry keys in their own component
• Put non-Current User registry keys in their own component
• Group all non-executable files to their own component
• Name new non-advertised shortcuts by destination directory
• Group non-keypath resources by resource type
• Create new components for resources not matching other criteria

This is just a Heads-up..!!

Hey Folks, I am writing a series of posts on Windows Installer FAQs. Do let me know your thoughts and feedback.
http://www.msigeek.com/615/windows-installer-faq-part-4

Also, it.. would be great, if you write questions tooo..!!

Cheers'
Vj

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$\\spuninst\\spuninst.exe /quiet /norestart
C:\\WINDOWS\\$NtUninstallWMFDist11$\\spuninst\\spuninst.exe /quiet /norestart

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 .

Most often used parameters are :

Setup.exe [/s] [/dir=destination] [/components=[a][b][c][d]] [/icons=[a][b]]

/s Silent install (you may receive a prompt to reboot)

/dir=destination Places the installation in the directory 'destination' (e.g. /dir=c:\style)

/components=[a][b][c][d] Installs Eg : [Program Files][Workstation .DLL's][Data][Newsletters] all these 4 are names of the components

/icons=[a][b] Creates desktop icons for [a][b] where a \ b are two shortcuts

/norestart PDF Exchange reboot command will be ignored (the computer will need to be manually rebooted at sometime for PDF Exchange to...