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cbarlow · ‎Mar 17, 2009

I have a Basic MSI installation with a chained .msi attached. I install Windows Installer 4.5 as a prerequisite and it works fine on most machines. However, I ran into a problem when trying to install on a Korean Windows XP operating system. When the installer tries to run the Windows Installer 4.5 prerequisite, I get these windows in rapid succession: Extracting Files Verifying File: WindowsXP-KB942288-v3-x86 Extraction Failed X ?? ??, ???? ?? ?? ?? ??? ??? ????. Not a very helpful error message, I know. Has anyone else seen this? Thanks for your help!

cbarlow · ‎Mar 17, 2009

Thanks for the hint. The component showed the correct key file in the Key file column, but I needed to right click the file itself and select Set Key File. Everything worked great once I did that. Thanks!

cbarlow · ‎Mar 16, 2009

Thanks for the suggestions. Still nothing. There aren't a whole lot of options in the File Types view, I can't figure out what I might be missing...

cbarlow · ‎Mar 12, 2009

I'm new to Basic MSI projects since I've always used InstallScript projects in the past. Tried to follow the help file for registering a file extension with no luck. In File Types view, I right click on Extensions and add an extension "zzz" (for .zzz). In the properties, I put: ProgID: zzzfile MIME Type: I don't want any verbs beside Open. In the Open Verb properties, I have: Command Sequence: Display Name: &Open with Program 2.1 Argument: -v "%1" (I'm not too clear on what the argument is for, but this seemed like a good one based on help\forum posts). Now in the ProgIDs folder, there's a new item called zzzfile, for which I entered these properties: COM Class: Description: .zzz files are used with Program 2.1 and earlier Icon file: \program21.exe Icon Index: 11 I've tried a bunch of things, with no luck. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

cbarlow · ‎Mar 02, 2009

That's what I was trying to do in the first place. I was having problems getting the prereq to run on Vista machine and finally realized that earlier versions of MSXML 4 were only compatible with XP. I found a more recent service update that had Vista compatibility and it solved the problem. Thanks for your help.

cbarlow · ‎Feb 27, 2009

Not sure what command line arguments to use to create the verbose log. I have a Basic MSI project and create a single exe setup file. Obviously there's a chained msi file in there too. I've tried several things without luck.

cbarlow · ‎Feb 27, 2009

The only msxml msi prereq that shows up for me is v. 6. Is there one for v. 4? If so where can I get it?

cbarlow · ‎Feb 27, 2009

I have a Basic MSI project and want to install MSXML 4.0 for Windows XP and higher as a setup prerequisite (I have other prerequisites that depend on it). There is Merge Module that will do this, but no InstallShield prerequisite. I tried setting a custom prereq that would download msxml 4 and install it from our server, but the prereq installation fails on Vista machines. So now I'm thinking I'll try using the Merge Module, but from what I can tell, merge modules can only be associated with Features. Is there a way to run a merge module before feature selections like you can with installshield prereqs? Thanks for your help!

cbarlow · ‎Feb 26, 2009

So are you saying if I download the .NET 3.5 redistributable from Microsoft's website (2.7 MB) and install it with the rest of our program files, and then launch it using LaunchAppAndWait() that it still requires an internet connection?

cbarlow · ‎Feb 26, 2009

Why is the InstallShield .NET 3.5 redistributable object 200 MB when the Microsoft .NET redistributable is only 2 or 3 MB? I don't want our users to have to have an internet connection to install, but I also don't want to add 200 MB to the install package. Is my only option then to add the Microsoft installer to my installation and run it using InstallScript functions?

cbarlow · ‎Feb 24, 2009

I created a basic msi installation with a chained .msi and I pass install properties that make it so that the install path in the InstallShield install gets passed to the chained .msi install. I also use set ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT to 1 so that I only have one entry in Add/Remove Programs. Everything works great except one thing. When I uninstall the InstallShield setup, all the files in the chained .msi are removed, but the empty directories are left behind. If I run the chained msi by itself as a separate install and then remove it, the directories disappear, which points the finger at InstallShield. Has anyone else noticed this - is there a simple way around it? Thanks in advance! Clark

cbarlow · ‎Jan 26, 2009

Also, since I have setup prerequisites, I don't build an .msi file, just a setup.exe file. Is there a way to generate a similar report without an .msi file? Thanks, Clark

cbarlow · ‎Jan 26, 2009

I just noticed in the Product Properties tab of the General Information View that there are 9 conditions listed for my project. I only have one showing in the System Search view. The other eight are ones I thought I had deleted. If I click on the ellipses to open the Product Condition Builder, I can see all the conditions that are being checked. How can I get rid of the ones I don't want?

cbarlow · ‎Jan 26, 2009

This didn't seem to work, but I don't think it's because the syntax was bad. I've fooled around with lots of different conditions, so I've created several different system searches, and based on the behavior of my installation, it seems that the installer is still running old system searches that I've since deleted from the System Search view. Could it be that somehow the old system searches are still lingering inside the .msi installer tables? Would I have to use Orca to check for sure or is there another way? Thanks! Clark

cbarlow · ‎Jan 23, 2009

Does anyone know how to use system search to check on whether or not a certain registry entry exists? What would I put for the condition? I don't want the installation to run if the registry key is set to false and also if the key is missing altogether. If I use CONDITION="FALSE", the installer still runs even if the key is missing. Any suggestions?

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Install Error: Verifying File: WindowsXP-KB942288-v3-x86

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Re: Register Extensions with Basic MSI

Register Extensions with Basic MSI

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Installing merge modules before feature selection?

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Uninstalling a chained .msi doesn't remove directories

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Old system searches still being ran?

Using system search to see if registry entries exist

File shown in Orca but not IS and cannot be removed

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Possible to chain 64-bit MSI to 32-bit MSI?

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Properties in Prerequisite Command line argument?

Can I system search before prerequisites?