Software Manager not dispaying the available update.
We are using a stub like process which contains only of the agent and a few configuration items used by FNC to determine the product and any update assigned to said product. We have been using this...
View ArticleCheck an application is running before installation begins..
Hi there, I need to do a deployment package for my project and that should initially check if a particular application is running to continue the installation. If that application is found to be not...
View ArticleUnknow publisher issue on Win8
Hello everyone I am having a problem with the installer on Win8. Please just take into account that the same problem seems working fine on win7 or xp while on Win8 (with uac low) reports this msg: the...
View ArticleExecute Script/Batch file does not really execute
Hi all, I have an issue with the Install Anywhere 2011. The Install Anywhere script has an action to execute a command to change the owner of a particular directory of PostgreSQL. The Execute...
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Error1904.Module xyz.dll failed to register
Hi, During installation i am getting the Error1904.Module xyz.dll failed to register. I have created many times the same setups earlier but i didnÂ’t get this error. Recently I modified the xyz.dll and...
View ArticleInstall a second program silently, not working
What is the proper process for installing a second .exe file silently? I have InstallShield installing the second file but I am doing something wrong. The setup.exe file is twice the size it should be...
View ArticleHow to install a second .exe with instalshield
What is the proper process for installing a second .exe file silently? I have InstallShield installing the second file but I am doing something wrong. The setup.exe file is twice the size it should be...
View ArticleInstallshield Crashes
I have updgraded my PC to Windows 8. I am able to create installs fine using the new OS, with one exception. When I try to add a code signing security certificate to the install it crashes at the end...
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Trying to set folders to give everyone access...
I have tried to set permissions to a folder to Everyone so that an Administrator can install, and a user can then log in and access the files. This has worked for over 2 years, and then I made a change...
View ArticleInstallation crashes on 'Is(DIR_WRITEABLE, path)'
Hello, I'm trying to migrate an Installshield 2011 project to Installshield 2013. In this project I am using the function Is(DIR_WRITEABLE, szPath). However when everything worked fine with 2011, in...
View ArticleProgrammatically change destination folder path
Hi all, we need to change the beaviour of change Destination Folder dialogs in order to change and show a custom destination path. If user change folder to c:\app\ we want to show in the destination...
View ArticleNo 'XML file value' search type on System Search in a merge module
I noticed that the search type 'XML File Value' is absent from the dropdown in a System Search in a merge module. Q. Is there a good reason for this ? Q. Is there any way to make that option available...
View Articlecommon string resources
I have an InstallScript MSI project and corresponding merge module project that use strings. They already load a common resources file (resources.dll) and access a dialog from it in the merge module....
View Articleinstallation for the wrong account
Hello ! Resume : OS : Windows 7 ultimate with no updates virtualized with Virtualbox Accounts : - Admin - non Admin Problem : When connected with the non Admin account,i run the setup i built, the...
View ArticleInstallation not working on Windows XP
Our InstallShield 2013 Express project allows us to install our software on windows vista, 7, and 8 but not XP. You can click on setup.exe, click next but then on the license agreement screen you can't...
View ArticleMajor upgrade not copying all files
I have a basic setup that installs 5 windows services using major upgrade, the setup used to work fine until recently the upgrade started not to function correctly... The setup works fine during clean...
View ArticleFiles not copied after a patch installation
Hello, I am facing a strange issue where the files are not copied after a patch installation. Up until now, we were delivering updated versions of our product using .msi(major upgrades). However, now...
View ArticleDetecting unistallation type on IS-MSI project
Hello everyone, I ve got an installshield-msi project on which I put some code in the OnFirstUIBefore() function. I wish that this code would not be executed both: 1. when doing the uninstallation...
View ArticleUninstaller does not work when path has double spaces.
Hello, Install to path with double spaces in it "a b". Uninstaller does not work saying: "unable to locate executable". OS: Windows 7 Best Regards, Mantas Balnys
View Articleseyup.exe via COM service application
Has anyone ever tried to run an installation setup.exe application from within a Windows service ? I am currently trying to do so and only succeeding when the service is registered as a COM server. It...
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