Hello banna_k, Your patience paid off. I could not re-register msi.dll but after re-registering the scrrun.dll file, the -1001 error is gone, and the setup.exe file is created successfully. Thank you very much. ... View more

Hello banna_k, 1) I do not know how to uninstall/install msiexec.exe but I run sfc /scannow without any errors. I stopped and restarted windows installer service. 2) I followed instructions given a MS site to deregister/register the msiexec.exe file with no avail. 3) I followed the  instructions in the link with no success. I use VS2013 community not VS 2017 with IS 2015 LE, I’m sorry, my mistake. The installation project that has the -1001 problem on the Win 7 computer works fine on a Win 10 computer creating a setup.exe file that works to install the program on the Win 7 computer. But I cannot create a setup.exe program that runs successfully on this computer.       ... View more

Hello Banna_k, Thank you for your reply. I run it. I chose the file that was already installed, and that I am trying to create a new installation file. I chose the uninstall option. The tool uninstalled it. Then I run IS to create a new installation file, it still gave me the same -1001 error.   I believe my problem is not installing/uninstalling that this diagnostic tool would resolve. I am getting this error when I try to create an installation file in VS 2017 using IS 2015  LE. Instead of creating a single setup.exe file, the IS creates three files with -1001 error. On top of that, I cannot even run the same program that was installed before, because it tries to install itself again!  You are possibly right that some registry entry is messed up. But which one?     ... View more

jlynch11 wrote: To look for .NET dependencies and properties, you could set the .net scan at build option located in the file properties dialog box to 'Dependencies and Properties'. Right-click your file in the files view and select Properties to access this setting. This tab is available only when InstallShield determines that the file is a portable executable. You can indicate which files you want treated as portable executables on the File Extensions tab of the Options dialog box (InstallShield>Options>File Extensions). The full versions of InstallShield include dependency scanners. You could also use a free tool such as dependency walker to look for dependencies. Hello jlynch11, Thank you for your help. I followed the steps you suggested for all the files in the installation. The installation build throws an warning message "ISEXP : warning : -6245: One or more of the project's components contain .NET properties that require the .NET Framework. It is recommended that the release include the .NET Framework." So I want to know which file component (DLL, OCX or EXE) in the installation package requires a .NET framework and what version. The warning does not specify the filename that requires the .NET framework. And the steps I took did not help to know this file. If I know what version of .NET framework is needed, I may ignore which installation file requires it. Any idea? Sincerely. ... View more

By the way, the zip file you included in your post does not have Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x64).prq but Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package (x64).prq Sincerely, jkell wrote: I was able to locate the files that appear to be missing from the installation itself. Here is a download link for the missing prerequisites: https://flexerasoftware.box.com/s/dq17bpko8kgmre3k3q9o6jm5i52pwy1d The .zip file contains: Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x64).prq Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x86).prq Which can then be used to download the needed installer files. Extract the .zip to C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2015LE\SetupPrerequisites and relaunch InstallShield to see the selections in the redistributables view. ... View more

Hello jKell, Thank you again. What a great contribution.I will try to use you prq file. It is very strange that LE 2015 included prq files for 2015 but not 2013! How come? Also I found out that it is possible to use the prq editor, but I am not sure it is possible in the LE version and where? jkell wrote: I was able to locate the files that appear to be missing from the installation itself. Here is a download link for the missing prerequisites: https://flexerasoftware.box.com/s/dq17bpko8kgmre3k3q9o6jm5i52pwy1d The .zip file contains: Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x64).prq Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package (x86).prq Which can then be used to download the needed installer files. Extract the .zip to C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2015LE\SetupPrerequisites and relaunch InstallShield to see the selections in the redistributables view. ... View more

Hello jKell, Thank you very much. I finally realized that but to my dismay there are no prq files fro VS 2013 in IS LE 2015. jkell wrote: The error does indicate that the file was not found, but you should be able to download the needed files from within InstallShield's redistributable view. Just right click on the prerequisite that you need (Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable package (x64)) and choose "Download Selected Item" You will want to make sure that the "location" column contains 'Installed Locally' and not 'Needs to be downloaded' ... View more