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Mar 21, 2012

I have a standard program file folder area, and it defaults nicely to the usual. In the Directory table in the raw MSI editor it looks nice and standard:Directory: PREDATOR_SOFTWAREDirectory_Parent: ProgramFilesFolderDefaultDir: PREDAT~1|Predator Sof...

Mar 21, 2012

I'd also like to auto-increment MSI version numbers so we can have installation build versions similar to plain old EXE's and the like and have them autogenerated.

Mar 21, 2012

Answer:Set the ROOTDRIVE property in the property table to C:\, this forces windows installer to set TARGETDIR to C:\ instead of the drive with the most space.

Jan 11, 2010

You may want too google "installshield com extraction" to see just how many people have given up on installshield's ability to do this. I did find this possible work around:http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/isd.htmwhich I'll give a shot because...

Jan 08, 2010

ProcessMonitor (formerly RegMon) captures the registry updates just fine. Installshield doesn't. It is not dllregisterserver's problem, it's Installshields.If regsvr32 fixes the problem then dllregisterserver works perfectly. If Installshield doesn't...

Jan 08, 2010

Installshield's com extraction is retarded and doesn't work. Neither pulling it using the refresh commands nor extraction at build work correctly.If you use ATL and the ATL registrations functions (.rgs files) then it works fine. If you use OLE and A...

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