Mar 30, 2017
12:01 PM
Really sorry to bump a 6 year old thread, but unfortunately some companies are still creating installs with ClickOnce. I am running Windows 7 64-bit with AdminStudio 2016 SP1 enterprise. I copied the exe file provided in this thread to "C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2016\System". I ran the file and at the end of the conversion it said it could not write to the .ism file and gave me a "Not Implemented" error. It created the .dim and .ism files but the dim won't open and the ism hardly has anything in it. I have attached the log file. I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks. Chris
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Jan 05, 2017
09:03 AM
Thanks Chad. I also found out that even if the MSI located in C:\Windows\installer has all the files that it needs embedded into it, Windows installer still won't even attempt to use that file for repair or initial configuration. It's only used for uninstalling (and bookkeeping as you said), which is too bad. This article explains it: https://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/reducing-windows-installer-disk-wastage-windows-7
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Dec 31, 2016
05:43 PM
Hi Chad, thanks for the explanation. Yes, it looks like it is storing a renamed version of the MSI in C:\Windows\Installer. So then the question is, why does Windows Installer not look for the MSI there when it tries to configure or repair? I'll have to do some more searching for answers on that, but I'm guessing I'll have to look into that GUID unscrambling.
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Dec 29, 2016
03:52 PM
I'm kind of new to InstallShield and I mostly just use it for repackaging some apps for deployment through SCCM. Anyway, I noticed that the first time a user runs certain MSI based applications, the application tries to configure itself, and looks for the source MSI. If it's no longer in the ccmcache folder, it fails to run and asks to browse for the MSI source. I know many applications cache the MSI into folders such as C:\Windows\Installer or C:\ProgramData\Package Cache. How do I tell InstallShield to cache the MSI somewhere? The only setting I found is in the release section, but that only is for programs using setup.exe, and I try to make my installs as only MSI's. If there is a setting, is there a default or standard folder that the MSI should be cached to?
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