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Setting up windows installer in VB.NET -

For a project I am doing I am now using the installer, but it requires users to uninstall previous version by hand when run. I seem to not be able to find where to tell the installer to just go and install over the current installation..

Must be missing something here, but what..

 

Setting up windows installer in VB.NET -
For a project I am doing I am now using the installer, but it requires users to uninstall previous version by hand when run. I seem to not be able to find where to tell the installer to just go and install over the current installation.. Must be missing something here, but what..

[2005] Windows installer -- already there -
Searched and couldn't find an answer (as I always do). I was wondering if the windows installer is going to already be on a client computer? As in 2.0 on a 98 (SE?) machine or 3.0 on an XP (SP?) machine? I know it's a prerequisite to the net framework....which most users DON'T

VB installer-Howto remove old version of appn,if any,n start installing the new one -
Title :- VB installer - How to remove the old version of application, if any, and start installing the new one automatically? Hi all, I am using the VB 6.0 and creating an installer package for the same. I want the installer to remove the previously installed application an

MSIExec problem -
Over the last two days I noticed whenever I start VB6, I have the Windows Installer box running, trying to install another software that's nothing to do with VB6. I got pissed and went to the registry to rename the software's name in a few places. Now the installer does pop up but do

Using Windows Installer.... -
Hi Guys, I've seen the Windows Installer in many Apps, which is capable of Repairing the Corrupted files provided a Valid source is given. Is it Possible to Use Windows Installer in VB or any other Installation Wizards other than the Package and Deployement wizard. Also can

Include Windows Media Encoder 9 in Deployment -
I have to distribute Windows Media Encoder 9 along with my application however i cannot run it as a custom action from my visual studio installer package because the wme9 installer is a .msi bundled inside of an exe and i keep getting a message to the effect that only one instance of t

Windows Installer Question -
I use the Microsoft Windows Installer 1.1 to generate a instalation pack of my aplication but i need, before the instalation, run a VB program that loads the table definition in the database. There are any option to run this program automaticaly in the instalation pack whith the win

Wired Windows Installer problem -
I took over a VB.Net project. The previous person developed two installer for the VB.Net application. one I called "Local installer", which is supposed to install on PC, and another installer is called "portable installer" which is for installing the application on

Installer runs each time my program runs -
Hi All I have a vb6 program (front end to an Access database) which I have distributed to eight users running Windows 2000 SR2. The Windows Installer (created with Visual Studio Installer) installed correctly on all eight computers. For some reason on three of these computers

Windows Installer -
does anyone have windows Installer? I downloaded the evaluation version. If someone has it, could I please send you the file and can you make the setup files? please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Windows installer isnt working. -
I just updated to XP from ME and now when ever i try to install files with the Windows Installer (.msi) it gives me this error.

windows installer / office 2000 installer -
Hi people: maybe this is not 100% VB, but i hope somebody can give a clue with this one: i have a laptop with windows 2000 in an NT network. my user is part of the administrators group. with my user i install a program X. when i try to run that pogram, the office 2000 profe

hi... -
Hi, I am using visual studio installer for Deploying Visual basic applicatrion.It works fine wiht most of the machinebut two machines i encounter this problem. 1)In first one the error was this installation package cannot be installed by the windows installer service .You must inst

Visual Studio Installer vs. P&DW -
well MS must have done something right when they made it or it wouldnt be used to install Office. I would definatly recomend visual studio installer, because that uses windows installer as the installer, ok, I have got to refrase that sentance some how.... I also recomend inno

Windows Installer Beginners Info -
Can anyone point to a good tutorial on how to program Windows Installer Packages? I need some hands-on-descriptions before I can extract anything useful from the MSDN Reference on the subject. THANKS /lumen

Installing another installer from a installer package.. -
Hi, I am using Visual Installer to make installation packages for my VB applications. One of my applications uses a serial to USB converter, this converter comes with a CD that contains the installer for the drivers. Now I would like combine the driver installer with my VB ap

Windows Installer Where Is IT -
I am using Windows 2k Professional. Where can i find Windows Installer for my VB programs? I thought it came with 2k Pro but can't seem to find it. If it's a seperate program, i can't seem to find it in shops.... thanks in advance

ms installer -
I am trying to get the ms installer to load on my pc. I run windows 98 and vb6. The reason I am trying to use it, is because on a machine at work running 2000 NT. When trying to run setup, it says some files are out of date and to restart. It doesn't help. Someone said to use the

MSI Windows Installer book -
Hi, Can anyone recommend a book dealing with creating Windows Installer msi files from .NET Studio? I can do the basics already, but I want to be able to go a bit further without having to resort to buying a third-party installaer package.

VB Installer and MDAC/DCOM -
Anyone: I am using Visual Basic Installer to create my installation package (.msi). However, I need to check 3 things and run some programs outside the installer before installing the main application. It goes as follows: 1) check for mdac version 2) install correct/newer versi

Visual Basic Installer -
We are using the visual basic installer to create installer modules for our applications (a setup.exe loads the msi file etc.). When a new version is released, the user runs the setup.exe file and the newest version is installed on their PC. The problem is that the old version still sh

Installer Question -
So when I choose the option Installer with "Windows Installer Loader" in the project properties it spits out two exes in the compile folder: If I understand correctly, my Win9x users only need the InstmMsiA.exe and my NT users only need InstMsiW.exe Is my thinking right

Using Windows Installer -
Hi I am using windows installer to install my application. When I do a new version of the application how do I let windows installer uninstall the previous version before installing the new version. Currently I get a error saying that there is a previous version installed and I must

Recommend an Installer -
Hi I'm looking for a quality but cheap installer, one that will read vbp project files (like P&D Wiz) but also with ability to create registry entries, desktop icons, startmenu items etc etc. BTW - don't suggest The Visual Basic Windows Installer from MS, I don't like it

VB and Nullsoft installer -
I use NSiS for my applications, and I recently got a report that Outlook 2003 (happened on win XP) crashes when the installer is run. The crash is like standard windows crash, and it reports that the error is in mscomct2.ocx. But the thing is that neither my app nor my installer use or

Installer stub heaven -
I'm trying to write an installer stub for my VB programs since QB 4.5 compiles to a real EXE albeit a 16-bit one. Here's what I need to do (I think) after the user extracts the contents of a ZIP file as if they downloaded a setup from my site. 1. Get the windows\system dir 2. See i

Windows Installer wants to install something... -
I have an application that has been used and installed for several years. Now all of a sudden when the application is run in a Limited Users Account the Windows Installer wants to install something and also asks for the Windows Office 2000 CD. I do not use any office components of any

Running sqlncli.msi on a Windows 98 system... -
How can I get the 'sqlncli.msi' installation to run on a Win98 box? When I try and run it I get the following error: "This installation package cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service. You must install a Windows service pack that contains a newer version of the Wi

2005 Deployment including zip file -
We have a client who is asking if it's possible to have the installer unzip a zip file to a folder in the target path that's created by the installer. The zip file will always have the same name and will be located in the same folder as the MSI file. Is this possible? What's g

calling sdk installer from main installer -
i created the installer 4 my application using inno setup installer .everything is alright except that i need to install a sdk (neevia pdf sdk from neevia.com).now what changes should make in the inno script so that the sdk installer is called silently while the main program is getting

Inno Installer Package -
Is it possible to create an installer that includes another installer? For example, have a single installer that installs my app and mysql server and mysql driver.

best vb installer/setup program -
does anyone have any recommendations as to which Setup/Installer I should consider using. I'm looking for something compact like the Winamp installer or Microsoft Installer. nothing to big or flashy, I like the small installers.

[2008] Starting a MSI that won't run without setup.exe -
I'm trying to "trick" an msi to run, I lost setup.exe a while ago, and it keep's asking for it, so I'm trying to use VB to get it to run. I'm doing it by calling Process.Start(Path, "/i C:\SomeProduct.msi"), however when I do that, (along with many other comman

Select a package that installs Windows Installer 2.0 -
problem is WARNING: Windows Installer is not included in any selected prerequisite and solution of this is This warning is generated when no bootstrapping application package is selected that will automatically install the correct version of Windows Installer. To correct t

Better Installer -
Is there a way to make an installer IN VB? In a way you can design? PDW is really basic and kinda dumb. Is there a better installer that i dont have to spend $$ on. I if i wantd to could i make an installer in vb? Is it possible?

problems running program under 2000 professional -
Hi. I have been developing a package at campus for a while now and I just completed it and wanted to try and install it on a lan network to test it out fully. The lan is set up using win2000 prof and uses novell logins. The program runs perfectly under the administrator account, but

Visual Studio Installer 1.1 Problem -
I have developed project in VB6 and MS Access 97 and created an installable using VS Installer 1.1 But... When I installed my setup made in VS Installer 1.1 on windows 98 machine it displayed message stating "The setup requires at least version 2.5 of Microsoft Data Access

Creating a Windows Installer MSI file -
Where could one get a free Windows Installer MSI file creator?

What version of Windows Installer -
How can I determine what version of Windows Installer is present on a machine?

How Do I Automatically start an app when system starts in windows -
Using Installer? WHat files do I need to edit.. and what are the statements I need to inter. Using the startup Menu, How do I find it? It is in the registry too right? and perhaps this can be done using another installer too?