We are using Installshield 2018 (basic msi) for our application which includes COM dlls. These are registered using “COM extract at build”. After installation the registry includes an additional property InprocServer32 for each COM object holding a “Darwin descriptor”. This is probably because the COM information is advertised. When running the application on Windows 10 the initialization of each COM object is very slow. Monitoring the registry shows that registry is queried for information about all the dlls installed by the msi each time a COM object is initialized. (There are no messages in the event log when this happens.) Deleting the extra InprocServer32 property or registering the dlls manually with regsvr32 after installation solves the problem. How can we in InstallShield avoid having Darwin descriptors included in the registry for COM dlls (turn off advertising)? The Feature has the Advertise property set to "Disallow advertise". ... View more

Hi, We recently migrated from Wise Installation Studio. Wise had a function called "Remove Missing Files" which detected files that were removed from the source directories and allowed the user to remove their components. Using Installshield (Pro) I have so far only been able to do this manually for files that were not linked dynamically, by checking for missing keypaths and then deleting their associated components. This is quite cumbersome. Does Installshield have some kind of "Remove/detect missing files" that I am not aware of? Grateful for any advice on this matter! Regards, Morten ... View more