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For issues relating to deployment using Windows Installer XML, version 3.6.

The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages.

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Custom WiX Burn bootstrapper user interface?

I'm creating an installation package with WiX 3.6 primarily so I can take advantage of the Burn bootstrapping features. So far I have several MSI packages bundled together that will be installed with the built-in bootstrapper application…
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How to add a UI to a WiX 3 installer?

I've tried , but I get "Unresolved reference to symbol WixUI:WixUIMinimal". What am I doing wrong?
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Removing license dialog

I'm using Wix 3.6 to make a simple MSI which is used internally. I would like to know if there is an easy way to remove the license agreement dialog. Thanks for any suggestions
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A complete WiX 3.6 bundle example bootstrapping a .NET 4 Client Profile

I tried to construct a working example of a WiX 3.6 installation script. We currently use WiX 3.5 and now we would like to begin installing the .NET 4 Client Profile framework as a pre-requisite for our MSI file that our product.wxs script creates.…
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Pass parameters from bootstrapper to msi bundle package

I'm using VS2010 and WiX 3.6 to create MSI packages and bundle them into Bootstrapper setup. Here's my Boostrapper code.
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Start application after installation using WiX/Burn

I'm aware of similar questions in WiX MSI, but I'm having issues starting an application within a bootstrapper EXE file created with Burn after the installation. My full bundle is below. If it makes any difference to the scenario, the bootstrapper…
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How to debug custom bootstrap application?

I am using Burn for MSIs package. I am using Votive (Visual Studio) & my own custom BA instead of WiXBA. I tried to debug custom BA using Debugger.Launch(). But when I start debugging, error messages occur. No symbols are loaded for any call stack…
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Check for .NET 4.5 full install - which property?

How do I check for a full .net 4.5 install? http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixnetfxextension.htm has a list of all properties but stops at 4.0. The open issues list has a nice Topic "add documentation for the new properties" which helne to…
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How to intelligently install .NET 4.x using WiX Burn

When installing an application that can use either .NET 4.0 or 4.5, what is the best practice when installing the prerequisites .NET framework? And how do you implement it using Burn in WiX? These are the options and trade-offs that I am aware…
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How can I set recovery-options of a service with WiX?

I have following .wxs-file:
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WiX - Trying to set the permissions of a service using util:PermissionEx and getting an Error 1

The question WiX - Install Windows Service and give permissions is exactly what I am trying to do. First I have added the UtilExtension namespace like this:
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WiX bootstrapper theme file?

In the documentation, it mentions there are three options (besides rolling your own UI) for the bootstrapper: RtfLicense, HyperlinkLicense, and Foundation. It further states that if you want to use Foundation you must provide a theme file. I can't…
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Creating localized WIX 3.6 bootstrappers.

I created a WIX project in Visual Studio 2010 over a year ago. It creates an MSI file and a bootstrapper setup.exe. Actually, it creates that pair of files for two languages - English and French. I am just now integrating this project into our…
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WiX: How to override "C:\Program Files (x86)" on x64 machine in WixUI_Advanced sequence?

I'm using WixUI_Advanced sequence to allow users pick per-machine or per-user installation and change destination folder. My WiX project is intended to produce both x86 and x64 MSIs (I'm using WiX Tips and Tricks recommendations). I also keep the…
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WIX database deployment, installation

During my setup I give an option to use "windows authentication" OR "server authetication". Everything works fine and db gets installed as long as I do "server authentication" and provide db userId and password. What do I need to do in order install…
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