Hi all, We have InstallShield 2016 InstallScript MSI project which generates a setup.exe We sign this setup.exe and when installing users can see it is digitally signed by us. However, when on Windows 10 and Windows 2016, when uninstalling from Start -> Settings -> System -> Apps & Features, we click on the 'Uninstall' button for our product, then confirm the uninstall by clicking on the 'Uninstall' button again. At this point, User Account Control (UAC) kicks in and displays below in the dialog, basically saying the Publisher is Unknown instead of displaying our name. ****************************************************** Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes to your device? setup.exe Publisher: Unknown File origin: Hard drive on this computer Show more details. ****************************************************** When clicking on the 'Show more details' above, it says: Program location: "C\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{product guid}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -I0x0409 -removeonly. I looked at setup.exe at C\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{product guid} and it is around 1 MB where as our original setup.exe was around 60 MB. So it seems InstallShield has stripped off stuff from the original setup.exe and placed as slim version of setup.exe and the signed digital certificate is not found ? How can I resolve this please. Is this a known issue with InstallScript MSI projects that use setup.exe rather than msi file. Note that if I run the original setup.exe, then the signed certificate is recognized and I can uninstall or repair. Also, I swapped the slim setup.exe at C\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{product guid} with the original one and in this case it is able to recognize and display the signed certificate when uninstalling from Apps & Features Kindly advise. ... View more

Hi all, I have and InstallShield 2016 InstallScript MSI project. I want to create a file that has timestamp info. For example, myfile_20180212181802.log. How can I achieve this from the InstallScript. I see there is Data and Time property so I used MsiGetProperty to get Date. But Date is in the format for example, 2/12/2018 and windows file names cannot contain slashes. Please advise how to create a filename with timestamp info. Basically I need to set a string that will contain time such as 20180212181802. ... View more

Hi all, I want to set a string value to the Date property in InstallScript. string strDate; strDate = Date; But this errors out with 'Date not defined'. How to use this? I am able to do strDate = INSTALLDIR so not sure why Date is not working. ... View more

Hi all, I have InstallShield InstallScript MSI project. I added a custom action type 'Display error message and abort'. Basically if the product is installed already then I want to display a message and abort the installation. So for 'Install Exec Condition' I specified 'INSTALLED' thinking that this means product is installed and the action will execute, display the error message I have specified and abort. However, regardless of whether this product is installed or not, this action gets execute and install is aborting. Is 'INSTALLED' not the right condition to use? Can you please advise what to specify in this case. ... View more

Hi all, I have an InstallShield 2016 InstallScript MSI project. From the Upgrades view, I have selected the 'Disable' option for Minor Upgrades. This way if a version of product is currently installed then InstallShield will display a message box with the below text and not allow the installation to continue: "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel. {56D32C33-4D44-4721-BD58-3CC9D1C993FE}" Above text is coming from InstallShield. Question is, can InstallShield display the product name instead of the guid ? Because in Add/Remove programs, you see product names and not guid. Can we customize this text ? Please advise. Thanks. ... View more

Hi all, I have an InstallShield InstallScript MSI project. The uninstall string in the registry for this product is "msiexec /X " When executing this uninstall string from the command line, it does not execute any InstallScript code and hence uninstall code that I have as part of InstallScript does not get called and product uninstallation is not complete. 'It is able to remove product files, registry entries, etc. Can you please advise how to uninstall the product completely by getting InstallScript code to be execute too? Uninstalling from Add/Remove programs is fine. The issue is only when executing "msiexec /X " which i really need to work. thanks, Ashish ... View more

Hi all, We have an InstallScript MSI project. Version 1.0 of our product is installed. When installing version 2.0 IS displays below message: "This setup will perform an upgrade of . Do you want to continue?" How to suppress this dialog box? thanks. ... View more

Starting this new thread since in the other thread I had posted on this subject got confusing due to my change in observations and having more details than wa necessary. Kindly help with below please, I have spent too much time, trying to read up, google search based suggestions, etc. without any luck. I have an InstallShield MSI script project. We had released version 11.1.1200 Now we have version 11.2.1100 and I made changes to mark it as Major Upgrade. After installing 11.2.1100, I still see entry for version 11.1.1200 in 'Uninstall or Change programs' , formerly known as 'Add/Remove Programs' in Control Panel. So two entries showing up. I changed product code and product version. I created a Major upgrade item. In the Commons tab, I have: Selected second radio button 'Products having another Upgrade Code' and have the product upgrade code.(I also tried to select the first radio button 'Product sharing my Upgrade Code but no luck) Selected to replace any earlier version. ( I also tried specifying a version range, but no luck) In the Advanced tab I have: I have the correct upgrade code Minimum version is blank Include minimum version set to Yes Maximum Version set to ***ALL_VERSIONS*** (I also tried setting this to the current version but no luck) Language left blank Exclude Specified Languages set to No Detect Only set to No Detect Property set to ISACTIONPROP1 by default Only Remove Specified Features set to blank Continue on Failure set to No Migrate Feature States set to yes. I also tried below suggestion from the other thread without any luck: ********************* Add a major upgrade item with the settings: Products Sharing my Upgrade code and Within a specific version Check the check box for Inclusive versions and enter your lowest ever version in the left box. Leave the right one blank. ********************* ... View more