explanation of red exclamation icon please

[pauljensen]

I have been editing an MSI and I added a registry settings component and imported a .reg file with the correct setting.

I notice that the component is listed under Organization\Components, but it has a red exclamation point for a icon.

When I deploy this MSI, the registry setting is nowhere to be found.

Please tell me what I am doing wrong, and what does that icon mean?

Thanks.

[Cary_R]

Hi Paul,

The red exclamation point means that the component is not yet associated with a feature, and so it won't be installed (since the request to be installed trickles down from the feature).

To fix it, simply go to the Setup Design view of the project, right click a feature and select 'Associate Component'.

--Cary

[pauljensen]

It worked, thank you.