[WiX-users] Detecting reboot required in installer UI

Hi list, I've got some trouble with msi's reboot mechanism: The installer I'm currently developing sometimes requires a reboot. Depending on whether a reboot is required or not, I want the installer's UI to either launch a configuration utility or schedule it in the RunOnce registry. Both

Re: [WiX-users] Can't get SetLocalSource to work...

I'm dont know if I'm posting correctly because no-one seems to look at my posts . Anyway - i resolved this issue. I needed to set the ResolveSourceEventArgs.Result to Result.Retry. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Error in candle during build

Finally got back into looking at this issue. The problem is related to using the files from the the binaries download. After unzipping them to disk, the files are locked since they were created on another machine. It would be nice if the Windows Explorer visually indicated this similar to how

[WiX-users] MSI detected as virus.... RunOnce registry keys

Hey everyone! I'm getting the following issue reported from a user: I tried to install the typesafe stack at work, but the virus checker software we use (Trend Micro OfficeScan) blocked the installer. I think the problem is that the installer uses registry key

Re: [WiX-users] Can't get SetLocalSource to work...

Strange, this is the first email I've seen on this topic. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:58 AM, stewarth stewart.hil...@thomsonreuters.com wrote: I'm dont know if I'm posting correctly because no-one seems to look at my posts . Anyway - i resolved this issue. I needed to set the

Re: [WiX-users] MSI detected as virus.... RunOnce registry keys

That's a standard part of any software installation (usually for handling reboots). There were conversations earlier on this mailing list about Trend Micro OfficeScan aggressively killing anything that tried to touch that key. It apparently is a configuration setting in the virus checker to be

Re: [WiX-users] Error in candle during build

Ahh, yes. You can also right-click the .zip file after downloading it and choose Properties then click the Unblock button at the bottom. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:13 AM, John L Krupka john.kru...@nmwco.comwrote: Finally got back into looking at this issue. The problem is related to using the

Re: [WiX-users] MSI detected as virus.... RunOnce registry keys

This has been seen before and reported as a bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=3431068group_id=105970atid=642714 I believe it only affects Windows XP - is that what your customer has? I don't think there is a workaround. According to Trend's documentation, signed executables

Re: [WiX-users] MSI detected as virus.... RunOnce registry keys

Could you use he ActiveSetup registry key instead of the RunOnce key? Is that monitored also? http://blogs.flexerasoftware.com/installtalk/2011/11/using-active-setup-to-r epair-user-settings.html From: Peter Hull peterhul...@hotmail.com Sent:

[WiX-users] Problems enabling a disabled feature in a patch

I tried to enable a disabled feature in an msp using Wix 3.5 and Windows Installer 4.5, and ran into two problems. I created the disabled feature as a placeholder is an msi, and that msi has already been delivered to customers. The purpose was so that the disabled feature could be enabled

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6 Burn - Automatic Updates could not be paused

Hi, It's a very old laptop. I ran windows update on it and it listed 100 updates. Note at this time my burn package (i.e. my program) was still installed. I installed the 100 updates and rebooted the computer. I tried uninstalling my program and it failed and this was in the log: