Install4J stores a registry entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ej-technologies\allinstdirs* in windows when running an installer. Presumably it does something similar on Linux and MAC.
Is there a way to prevent this, and all other other permanent OS parameters, with a command line option? We run integration tests that actually run the installer and run then the application, but this then pollutes our registries, getting in the way of doing manual installations of the same application on our development machines.
As of 6.1, there no way to prevent this. I have added this to our issue tracker.
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What I believe to be a common occurrence is for Install4j to be used to generate both an installer as well as an uninstaller. From what I've seen, the installer can be used to reinstall/reconfigure the installed application.
On Microsoft Windows, the uninstaller gets registered under the Programs and Features > Uninstall or change a program item in the Control Panel. Is it possible for that uninstaller to be used to 'change' the installed application, rather than uninstall it? For some users of Windows, this might seem more natural than running the installer again, I suspect.
As of 10.0, install4j does not offer such a feature. You can add additional installer applications to run additional actions, but the "Install files" action can only be run in the installer.
Few machines have 'MyApp.exe' installed using ClickOnce. And I have created a new MSI Windows Installer for 'MyApp.exe' using MS Visual Studio 2013 Setup and Deployment. I have a requirement that when my new MSI Installer runs it has to automatically remove/uninstall all previous 'MyApp.exe' (installed using ClickOnce) and install the new exe. Installer has to do it as part of its installation process.
Is this even possible? ClickOnce doesn't make any registry entries, so how can I get the Upgrade codes/Product codes which I can feed to Windows Installed 'Upgrade Paths' to upgrade it. ClickOnce is per user installation, but Windows Installer is not.
Is it even possible for Windows Installer to uninstall ClickOnce installed application ?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
ClickOnce is a per-user deployment experience and MSI is usually a per-machine experience. Per machine can't clean up other people's profiles. The only way I know is to do an active setup trick to run a program for each user who logs on and then execute a script to do cleanup. Either that or put first-run code in the applicaton itself to do the same.
I have created an application in C# that relies on a specific driver (a custom virtual hid driver based on VMulti).
Currently, I have everything working and I want to combine both the application and driver into one installation package. As of right now, my application part has a .exe file and a .dll file. My driver has an .inf and .sys file, hidkmdf.sys, and WdfCoInstaller01009.dll (this dll is from the WDK). I am not able to install the driver through the traditional method of right-clicking the inf and clicking install. Instead, I use devcon to install it (command is "install inffile.inf hardwareid")
I tried using InstallShield LE, but I am only able to install the application, not the driver. After doing some searching, I found people using DIFxAPP to create the installation framework for drivers, however, I am not sure if this can be integrated into InstallShield so that the driver is installed during the application installation process.
So my main question is: What is the best and simplest method for combining application and driver installation into one package (meaning the setup.exe will install both the driver and the application)?
I am very new to driver development and application deployment, so any suggestions are welcome.
Thank You
EDIT: It is preferred that the solution does not require any paid tools.
Acctually, exists a many ways to implement this which depends on your Windows Installers skills.
You didn't specify target OSes for your application, that's why can I give you some ways:
PnpUtil.exe internal Windows 7 utility (only for Windows 7)
DPInst.exe included to WDK
DifXAPI merge module.
You can install drivers with help of all these utils via Custom Actions.
NOTE: That your driver SHOULD BE signed, otherwise you will receive error during silent installation.
I got a problem that my add-in not work in Win7, due to the add-ins is a policy program in company, so it's required to be install for all users and run every start-up.
In WinXP era, the add-in work using SetSecurity library by installer but it's not work in Win7 now, I have tried to re-create a deployment package of installer but it still unable to load.
I tried ClickOnce is work but if the program hasn't been install, it will prompt for ask install, due to the add-in is policy program which is required to run everytime, so it's not allow user to skip install.
I tried use microsoft add-ins example but tested it will prompt for ask install too.
Could anyone can help please?
Thanks.
Solved by apply hotfix in KB976477 Office 2007 with EnableLocalMachineVSTO registry setting.
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976811
I am currently using the Visual Studio 2010 Setup Project to deploy my application to an MSI installer file, which includes a Windows Service and a Windows Forms application. But I am disappointed with the performance and compatibility of this form of packaging.
My application is compatible with Windows XP and upwards, but several older XP user-testing boxes simply don't have the right version of the Windows Installer or the necessary service pack installed. (Un)installation can take dreadfully long for a program under 1MB in size and many systems do not support it. InstallState errors can crop up and ruin the (un)installation if the service has been deleted or already installed, or if any program files are missing (for uninstall).
What I need from an (un)installer:
Manage .NET dependencies.
Copy/remove my application files to a folder.
Add/remove menu and shortcuts to the desktop and Start menu.
(Un)install a Windows service, though I can also do this from my application. The stop and uninstall part is important.
Run my application when it's done.
This question's answers recommend NSIS (which I have used with good results) and WiX. Ironically there is no easy link to simple installer for WiX on their website.
Am I missing something with VS2010's setup project? It is optimized for speed, but it's just too slow.
You should run the installer/uninstaller explicitly with
msiexec /x thefile.msi /l*v thefile.log
(/i for install). Then inspect the log file; it will have time stamps telling you what action took what amount of time. Of course, the logging will affect that, but you should get an idea what makes it take so long.