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Questions - installshield

Enable launching setup from another .msi

I'm using InstallShield Basic MSI project. While installing the setup I want the main setup will install another small one. I understand that .msi setup can't execute another .msi one so my question i...
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Epligam

windows-installer

installshield

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

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You can install other MSI or some EXE (or even scripts) from a main MSI installation. (But NOT at any time!) For best results you put this directly after InstallFinalize. The following can give you an...
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ZAY

Redirect stdout from Executable Custom Action to MSI log

I have a Custom Action that runs an executable within an msi installer package. The exe is compiled as a console application and stdouts necessary info. I want that output redirected to the MSI log f...
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Sergey Kolesnik

c++

windows-installer

installshield

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

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EDIT: Some colleagues wrote a free guide on installation testing. Maybe it will be useful in the future, to avoid such costly mistakes. I don't think you can do it if you want to run the custom action...
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Bogdan Mitrache

Installshield - How can I overwrite HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry?

I tried to change this reg key (and subkey, value) SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\microphone in both hives, HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Ev...
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MarioWu

windows

installshield

Votes: 0

Answers: 1

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CapabilityAccessManager ConsentStore is by user, you couldn't do something similar not even importing a reg file in regedit after an UAC consent, because the path it is owned by SYSTEM. It is for secu...
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