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Description:This article will discuss about SDFeatureDialog not showing size(only with required feature) Replication Step: 1. Create Installscript MSI project.2. Create Features like aaa,bbb,ccc and also add component then add files.3. Create Featur...

Summary Create a 64-bit Windows Registry Entry via an InstallScript Custom Action Cause When creating a Windows Registry entry using an InstallScript custom action, by default, the custom action will create the entry under WOW6432Node, which is a 32...

Summary To Update Suite Progress bar using InstallScript CustomAction Synopsis: This information applies to the following InstallShield project types: Suite Cause: On Installing a suite setup with an installscript custom action added it tak...

Summary Visual C++ 2010 and Visual C++2010 SP1 Prq files are fails to download and Fails to install when download from web option selected Synopsis This information applies to the following InstallShield project types: Basic MSI InstallScri...

Symptoms A Windows service keeps starting automatically during install. Most likely, an Install Start service control event has been configured in the project. Project Type Basic MSIInstallScript MSI Solution See very quick, attached, 30-second scree...

Summary Error 1315: Unable to write to the specified folder (shared folder) error is observed when performing a major upgrade or removing an installed target application from a shared location. Project Types Basic MSI InstallScript MSI Symptoms Er...

Summary When installing suite setup.exe, the suite installation fails with Error 8002000a. This error usually happens during an upgrade. Project Type Suite/Advanced UI Cause The Error 8002000a indicates an out of present range error. This means the ...

Summary: This article discusses the difference between a public MSI property and a global InstallScript variable. Public Property (Basic MSI Project): Public properties have names that contain only uppercase letters. For example, INSTALLDIR is a publ...