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Not even Microsoft supports nested/concurrent installs. If your deployment method doesn't support an EXE your options are quite limited. I would ask what you are doing inside of your install that would require the VC Runtimes to be installed, as all the "standard" WiX CA's should not introduce such a dependency. If you're running some crazy CA's inside your install, maybe you should consider eliminating or refactoring them. If you are using SelfReg, then use Heat to harvest the output and eliminate the need for self-reg. setupbld.exe has been replaced with Burn. -----Original Message----- From: shannon [mailto:sje...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 1:07 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Possible to install vcruntimes first in MSI? Using an msi output only, is it possible to install prereq's first via wix? Specifically, I need to install the VC2008/2013 runtimes, and these must be completed before the product install begins or the install will fail. (Have tried installing the merge modules, but it appears that these install alongside the product, not first.) NOTE: The output MUST be an msi, not an exe, since we need to be able to use group policy as an install mechanism, so using setupbld.exe to create a bootstrapper application unfortunately isn't an acceptable solution. My understanding is that similarly, burn.exe will only output an exe, not an msi. Thanks for any advice, Shannon -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Possible-to-install-vcruntimes-first-in-MSI-tp7597147.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
