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discussion comment 01 Jun 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: display dialogs in wise upgrades

Thanks Piyush This will work, we are planning to address the issue by documentation, but if this gets critical, I will choose this solution where I will edit the WSE script to:- 1. Install the minor upgade 2. followed by the ...

New forum discussion 29 May 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: commented display dialogs ....

I need a solution Hi I ran the installer in Win XP ... ran fine. I ran the installer in Vista, to my surprise, I realised that the display dialogs which are commented in the custom actions are displaying values. i.e the comme

discussion comment 26 May 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: display dialogs in wise upgrades

can this be done in one single exe file. If yes, can you shed more light on the approach this can be done. i.e REINSTALLMODE=vomus initially push the msi after it's verified it exists and later upgrade to the new installer. ...

discussion comment 25 May 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: sc.exe in vista .... another example of shelling commands in vista ...

There may not be a custom action to handle this. But I found something intersting on one of the MSDN sites postings recently ... I have created a bootstrapper EXE. This bootstrapper unpacks the binaries to a temp location and then ...

New forum discussion 25 May 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: display dialogs in wise upgrades

I need a solution Hi, Is there a way to hide display dialogs in a upgrade scenario, the previous version of the installer has some display prompts popping up in a custom action in a un-install custom action. now in a u

discussion comment 20 May 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: sc.exe in vista .... another example of shelling commands in vista ...

This works fine with UAC turned off. "run as administrator" may be an extra effort to install the product. If there was a custom action which could be utilized to automatically launch run as administrator or either, it would simplify ...

New forum discussion 19 May 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: sc.exe in vista .... another example of shelling commands in vista ...

I need a solution I have ended up in a scenario in Vista again ..... In Vista a MSI is already installed successfully, with a service "ABC" running fine. now another user logs in as a "An administrator" in

discussion comment 12 May 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: Upgrade Code / Product Code ...

This seems to have fixed the issue. The new MSI loads with Re-install mode and installs fine. I am left with only one question, if there was a way to install the MSI to the end user without him getting to go to a command ...

New forum discussion 11 May 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: Creating new shortcut icons in Modify or Repair mode

I need a solution Is it possible to create new icons images in repair or modify mode. i.e if I just want to deploy new images to the icons during a Modify or a Repair mode... is that possible ? With Regards Prafful Sha

New forum discussion 08 May 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: Marking a CLOSE Button in the MSI

I need a solution I am creating a MSI using a previous version of WISE, 6.0 The dialog has an option of marking a minimise button to the MSI, Is there a similar option to add a CLOSE button as well like a X button on the righ

discussion comment 05 May 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: Upgrade Code / Product Code ...

Can you shed more details on this approach or a article you may have on this solution ? How can I package the new MSI to be automatically installed on the user's PC without him to take an additional step of ...

New forum discussion 29 Apr 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: Upgrade Code / Product Code ...

I need a solution Hi, I have a scenario where a MSI was released to users without applying an upgrade code to the product assuming a one-off installation. Now, I need to apply an upgrade to the MSI without changing the pr

discussion comment 29 Apr 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: Calcs.exe, Assigning the permissions

I will make use of SetACL and secedit utilities to see if these made a difference also check on wixca.dll. Thanks

New forum discussion 28 Apr 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: Calcs.exe, Assigning the permissions

I need a solution Hi I am using cacls.exe in my wise program, Do we have any inbuilt equivalent in WISE Script which I can make use of. Currently I am shelling out using cacls and this is causing issues in Vista. In short I wa

discussion comment 03 Mar 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: Shortcut icons on desktop

No, current design is alright. previous msi had shortcuts sourced from a EXE file, i.e an icon was embedded in a executable and all the shoutcuts were dependent on that icon image of the EXE file. however the current msi had it's own icon image ...

discussion comment 02 Mar 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: Shortcut icons on desktop

The old MSI is already installed, the users need to install the new MSI on the top it.

discussion comment 25 Feb 2009

Prafful Sharma commented on: Shortcut icons on desktop

Hi, These are not advertised shortcuts. Editing the old MSI showed that it was pointing to IconRegWiz.Guid.exe ______________________________________________________________ But new MSI has no references to the above exe. The installation of ...

New forum discussion 25 Feb 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: Shortcut icons on desktop

I need a solution Hi I worked on a MSI last year with shortcut on desktops. I am re-working on the same MSI but altered and re-worked a lot on it. also changed the PRODUCT CODE so it doesn't un-install

New forum discussion 01 Feb 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: InstallTailor

I need a solution Hi I have a requirement to create a MST file from a MSI. Can anyone please help me, where can I download the Installtailor utility from ? I am currently using wise Professional 6.0.0.231

New forum discussion 14 Jan 2009

Prafful Sharma posted: Checking for a OS

I need a solution I am currently using Wise Packaging Professional, Build: 6.0.0.231. I have packaged a MSI which needs to check for the operating system on which it is installed. In particular, I want to check if

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