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.NET Framework 2.0 Installer for InnoSetup
Updated: 27 Oct 2007
An InnoSetup install script that downloads (if setup files don't exist) and installs .NET Framework 2.0 and its dependencies.
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stfx |
4.79 |
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Deployment made simple using Powershell
Updated: 14 Dec 2006
Powershell scripts allow you to take advantage of .NET libraries and write scripts which are almost as powerful as the .NET code itself.
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Omar Al Zabir |
4.72 |
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Manual uninstaller for PocketPC
Updated: 8 Jun 2003
If you don't want to use CAB, this is how.
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ljw1004 |
4.71 |
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dotNetInstaller - Setup Bootstrapper for .NET Application
Updated: 5 Jan 2004
With this tool the developer can define the application prerequisites and install the correct version of these components in the correct order based on the user operating system type and language, allow the user to download these components from the web or install these components directly.
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Davide Icardi |
4.70 |
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Creating a C# Service Step-by-Step Lesson II
Updated: 10 Apr 2003
A multi-article contribution describing in step-by-step detail on creating your own service with integrated support for setup and custom event logs. This lesson we'll add multiple child services as well as updating the installer to install these services as well.
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Terry Denham |
4.69 |
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Deploy SQL Server databases easily with an Installer class
Updated: 6 Apr 2005
Deploy MS SQL Server databases using System.Configuration.Install and a VS.NET Setup Project.
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Stefan Prodan |
4.69 |
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Install a Service using a Script
Updated: 12 Nov 2004
How to install a service using a script instead of a Windows Installer MSI package.
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gtamir |
4.66 |
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13 disasters for production web sites and their solutions
Updated: 6 Aug 2007
Learn about 13 production disasters that can bring down your business
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Omar Al Zabir |
4.65 |
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Using VBScript in an installer package
Updated: 24 Sep 2005
How to use VBScript to enhance an installer package and guide the user through installation and configuration.
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Edwin Roetman |
4.65 |
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Deploying Controls to VS.NET ToolBox Programatically
Updated: 2 Oct 2004
This article explains on how to deploy custom controls and components to a particular tab in Visual Studio Toolbox programatically. This can be used with installer programs for automatic deployment.
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Kannan.V |
4.63 |
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Editing MSI Deployment Packages with Orca and Adding Custom Shortcuts
Updated: 6 Apr 2005
Tutorial on Basic MSI Architecture, how to edit VS.NET Setups with Orca, and adding custom shortcuts.
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rwestgraham |
4.63 |
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How to Pass Command Line Arguments to MSI Installer Custom Actions
Updated: 14 Dec 2006
When writing unattended installs, it's very handy to be able to send command line parameters to your custom actions that run during your application's setup.
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Nick Pirocanac |
4.61 |
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Creating a C# Service Step-by-Step: Lesson I
Updated: 10 Apr 2003
A multi-article contribution describing in step-by-step detail on creating your own service with integrated support for setup and custom event logs.
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Terry Denham |
4.59 |
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Assemblies: locating, binding and deploying
Updated: 10 Nov 2005
How to plan, up front, for service packs, upgrades and hot fixes as they come along.
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Cohen Shwartz Oren |
4.58 |
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How to Install and Run ASP.NET Applications on Systems That Don't Have IIS
Updated: 24 Dec 2005
The article describes creating a Visual Studio .NET Setup Project that allows ASP.NET applications to be deployed on boxes that don't have IIS installed. Some familiarity with Visual Studio .NET Setup Projects will help better understand the material in this article.
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Vlad Hrybok |
4.57 |
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Create custom dialogs for use in your Visual Studio Setup projects
Updated: 20 Jun 2007
Create custom dialogs for use in your Visual Studio Setup projects
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Shaun Wilde |
4.57 |
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Easy Installer
Updated: 14 Sep 2006
The Easy Installer program
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Abu Mami |
4.56 |
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CAP_FontInstaller - A basic (un)installer class for application specific fonts
Updated: 24 Apr 2006
A simple wrapper to dynamically install/uninstall application specific fonts from compiled resources.
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Franc Morales |
4.56 |
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Little Install Builder
Updated: 31 Jul 2002
Building setup programs using Microsoft's setup scripts.
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Pablo van der Meer |
4.55 |
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Set a password textbox for Visual Studio .NET setup project
Updated: 16 Feb 2004
Set a password textbox for Visual Studio .NET setup project.
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Javier Teixido |
4.55 |
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WSE 3 Deployment: MSI and ClickOnce
Updated: 17 Jul 2007
Overview of deployment techniques using example WSE 3 enabled solutions
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Predrag Tomasevic |
4.54 |
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MSI Custom Action DLL
Updated: 28 Apr 2002
This article will step you through adding a custom action DLL to a Windows Installer setup
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mgama |
4.53 |
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Allow user to set physical directory path during Web Project deployment
Updated: 16 Nov 2006
How to deploy a Web application to a user defined physical directory.
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rmortega77 |
4.50 |
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A Setup and Deployment project that passes parameters to the configuration file
Updated: 20 Jan 2006
An article on how to use the setup and deployment project in .NET and adjust it to your own needs.
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Adi Eduard |
4.48 |
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Conditional Install of Desktop and Quick Launch Shortcuts
Updated: 31 Oct 2005
Create an installer that allows the user to choose whether to create shortcuts on the desktop or in the quick launch bar.
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David Hay |
4.46 |
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Installing .NET Framework 2.0 Applications with InstallShield
Updated: 13 Nov 2005
How to install .NET 2.0 Framework applications with InstallShield.
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Will Stott |
4.45 |
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VS.NET Deployment Project Version Updater
Updated: 4 Jan 2004
A command line ulitity that updates the version and GUID of VS.NET deployment project files.
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Don Kackman |
4.43 |
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An Advanced Windows Hotfix Manager
Updated: 4 Feb 2002
An advanced utility that scans computers for missing hotfixes, and helps you download and install them.
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Michael Dunn |
4.41 |
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XmlConfigMerge - Merge config file settings
Updated: 6 Nov 2006
Supports merging of .config file settings, such as in a push to staging-server deployment environment. Also supports XPath updates. Class library and Console app provided.
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buc |
4.40 |
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A ServiceInstaller Extension That Enables Recovery and Autostart Configuration
Updated: 3 May 2004
An extension assembly that allows configuring the "advanced" service configuration options for recovery actions.
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Neil Baliga |
4.39 |
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Add an uninstall start menu item to your .NET deployment project
Updated: 21 Aug 2005
The simple way to add an uninstall menu item to your .NET deployment project
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mjmeans |
4.32 |
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.NET Framework 1.1 Installer for Innosetup
Updated: 23 May 2004
An innosetup install script that detects which dependencies to download from Microsoft, dowloads and installs them with little user intervention.
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Ted Ehrich |
4.31 |
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Uninstall a Previous Application Installation When Upgrading an Application with Setups Created in VS.NET - Part 2
Updated: 23 Oct 2005
Extend the configuration of your upgrade setups to to work properly for both per-user and per-machine previous installs.
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rwestgraham |
4.31 |
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Sandcastle CHM-compile BAT script and configuration utility
Updated: 5 Aug 2006
Create MSDN-style class documentation CHM files for your assemblies using Microsoft Sandcastle CTP with this configuration utility and BAT script.
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Ashley van Gerven |
4.28 |
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Deploying the .NET Framework and MDAC
Updated: 15 Oct 2004
Install the .NET Framework and MDAC along with your .NET application in a single, smooth installation process
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Dwight Johnson |
4.28 |
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NUKEleus - A DotNetNuke Installation Program
Updated: 10 Mar 2005
An installation program for the popular DotNetNuke ASP.NET portal.
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Todd Davis |
4.26 |
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Simple InstallShield tutorial
Updated: 28 Mar 2002
A tutorial on how to begin to use InstallShield
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bryce |
4.26 |
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License Key Generation
Updated: 18 Jul 2005
An article on license key generation.
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Donsw |
4.19 |
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Project \ Assembly dependencies viewer
Updated: 12 Jan 2004
This simple application gets any VS.NET project or assembly and displays all the assembly / project dependencies. All dependencies are shown in a tree view with images that indicate the assembly location (Bin, GAC or registered as COM+ component).
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Natty Gur |
4.18 |
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Modifying Web.Config During Installation
Updated: 26 Jan 2006
How to modify the Web.Config of a WebService during installation.
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Amal ElHosseiny |
4.16 |
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Visual Studio .NET "Add New Item" Custom Template Installer
Updated: 21 May 2004
Tool to automate the installation of Custom Item Templates in Visual Studio .NET.
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Michael McKechney |
4.15 |
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How to create installation patches for VS.NET deployment projects
Updated: 28 Oct 2005
Automaticaly create Windows installer patches.
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mjmeans |
4.15 |
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Create conditional shortcuts during the installation of a .NET application
Updated: 23 Jan 2006
This article shows how to add shortcuts during an installation, based on the user's choice.
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Mukund Pujari |
4.14 |
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The NAR loader - single file .NET deployment
Updated: 27 Oct 2006
JAR archives for .NET = NAR archives.
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Richard Prinz |
4.12 |
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Modified Easy Installer
Updated: 10 Aug 2005
Abu Mami's Easy Installer modified , to create a setup.exe style installer for installations from CD.
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Martin Dowd |
3.91 |
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Interact With Desktop when Installing Windows Service
Updated: 1 Sep 2003
This article will describe how to set the "Allow Service to Interact With Desktop" on a windows service created in .NET
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Robert H. Davis II |
3.84 |
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A Windows Installer Database Diff Tool
Updated: 22 Dec 2004
A command line tool that generates XML and/or HTML Diff reports of two Windows installer databases.
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Don Kackman |
3.83 |
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Developing and Deploying Pocket PC Setup Applications
Updated: 21 Jan 2004
Learn how to create a single .msi file that is run from the desktop to install an application on different Pocket PC devices. The development process is automated so it's easy to build and package all of the necessary components into the .msi file. Sample code is provided for C# and VB.NET.
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Microsoft - Compact Framework |
3.81 |
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Packaging and Deploying Pocket PC Applications
Updated: 17 Apr 2004
Step by step instructions for creating an MSI Windows Installer for Pocket PC applications.
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Simon Kittle |
3.81 |
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Steps for creating Custom Setup
Updated: 28 Sep 2005
If you ever thought creating a custom setup should be an easy task, here are the tips to break the ice.
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Gelu Vac |
3.62 |
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Visual Studio.NET Blank Property Browser Bug
Updated: 15 Aug 2004
Visual Studio.NET 2003 version's property browser goes blank, I found the remedy and I have made an Add-in to resolve this bug.
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Akash Kava |
3.58 |
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TopMost MessageBox
Updated: 1 May 2007
A simple wrapper class to ensure MessageBox messages are visible.
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Vance Kessler |
3.50 |
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How to Create Installer (.cab) for web part?
Updated: 1 Jul 2005
A sample project (Hello world webpart and installer project) and walk through for creating an installer for web part that will install the webpart on the share point portal site.
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Rajshekar Chittoory |
3.36 |
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All about Installers - Customizing Windows and Web setup projects
Updated: 11 Jan 2004
This article guides how to customize an installer for specific needs of the application.
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avnrao |
3.10 |
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Deploying Web Applications using Visual Studio .NET
Updated: 1 Sep 2002
Deploying an ASP.NET project using the Visual Studio .NET Windows Installer
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Majid Shahabfar |
3.00 |
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R2build 1.0 RC1 Published for Beta Test (Continuous Integration/Daily Build Tool)
Updated: 18 Sep 2007
R2build is a continuous Integration (or daily build/night build/build automation) tool, establishes the night build in minutes, only by adding build step node and linking the node. It supports lots of development tools: sourcecontrol, compiler, packaging, FTP, mail, autotest.
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r2build |
3.00 |
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All In One Dot Net Deployment
Updated: 4 Mar 2003
Installing .NET framework with your application.
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Jeff Turner |
2.90 |
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How to Validate a Serial Number or PID in MSI Setups Created in VS.NET
Updated: 8 Jun 2005
Describes how to create a custom action DLL and implement serial number or PID validation in dialog based setups created with VS.NET.
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rwestgraham |
2.75 |
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How to work with Assemblies in InstallShield Developer 7.0
Updated: 14 Oct 2004
This article describes how to work with assemblies in InstallShield Developer 7.0.
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Santhosh Kumar R V |
2.50 |
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Yaida
Updated: 26 Aug 2004
Yet another installer deployment application.
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Dan Bloomquist |
2.47 |
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How to create customized InstallShield for a VC++ Application
Updated: 24 Mar 2004
This article basically talks about InstallShield for VC++ applications.
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Jimmy M Joy |
2.22 |
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Deploy IIS settings along with your Web Project
Updated: 15 Nov 2006
Very simple code to set the authentication method for your IIS virtual directory
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rmortega77 |
1.60 |
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Multiple Setup Selection Screen
Updated: 29 Jul 2005
When delivering multiple products at once, provide end-users a splash-screen enabling them to select one of the setups.
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Julien Hoffmann |
1.50 |
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Creating an installer using Wix v3.0, Votive and Visual Studio 2005/8 - part 2, the GUI
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Updated: 28 Nov 2007
An introduction to creating a Wix installer with GUI using Visual Studio 2005/8
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duncanmhor |
4.66 |
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NSIS Quick Start
- Unedited
Updated: 16 Oct 2007
Deploying NET apps with NSIS
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Jared James Sullivan |
4.51 |
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Adding automatic updates to your program - Part 1
- Unedited
Updated: 12 Nov 2007
This article describes the steps to add automatic update capabilities to your application quickly and easily using the DDay.Update library.
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Douglas Day |
4.44 |
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A Custom Action for Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Add-in
- Unedited
Updated: 23 Jul 2006
Walks you through building a generic custom action to manipulate and XCopy the .addin file along with your add-in assembly that will work for most add-in deployment scenarios
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Ting Huang |
4.29 |
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Creating an installer using Wix v3.0, Votive and Visual Studio 2005/8
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Updated: 26 Nov 2007
An introduction to creating a Wix installer using Visual Studio 2005/8
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duncanmhor |
4.22 |
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Specify a different location for Virtual Directories in Web Setup Projects
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Updated: 16 Oct 2006
HowTo: Enhance the Installation Address UI Dialog in a Visual Studio 2005 Web Setup Project so that the user can select a different physical path for the Virtual Directory installation.
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Arnold E. Schrijver |
4.05 |
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Calling Javascript From a Visual Studio Installation Project's Custom Action
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Updated: 4 Oct 2006
When you create an installation project with Visual Studio, you can use Custom Actions to perform extra processing once the basic installation has completed. This article describes how to have a custom action execute some javascript, passing it some parameters.
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Piers Lawson |
4.00 |
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ClickOnce - Quick steps to Deploy, Install and Update windows based client applications
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Updated: 9 Jan 2007
Easy Steps for IT and Deployment Team to setup and deploy windows based application using Microsoft ClickOnce Deployment Tool which is part of Visual Studio 2005
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Preeti Baranga |
3.51 |
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Using VB to create & check license keys
- Unedited
Updated: 23 May 2007
Generate and check license keys embedding 16-bit configuration information
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maz2331 |
3.50 |
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Using the MSI installer wizard for deploying applications created in BizTalk Server 2006
- Unedited
Updated: 1 May 2006
This article explains how to use the MSI installer wizard for deploying applications created in BizTalk Server 2006
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Naveen Karamchetti |
3.18 |
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Deploy your Application or Component Using Windows Installer
- Unedited
Updated: 4 Sep 2006
An article on creating setup programs without having the knowledge of setup scripts
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Prabhakar Manikonda |
3.02 |
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An Uninstaller To Uninstall Any .NET Application
- Unedited
Updated: 3 Aug 2007
Create an Uninstaller to Uninstall Any Installed .NET Application
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Hungry Mind |
2.88 |
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Pocket PC Memory Card Based Installer
- Unedited
Updated: 24 Feb 2006
A sample software installer for the Pocket PC that installs software when a memory card is inserted into the device.
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wduros1 |
2.67 |
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Writing A Good Setup For Your Applications
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Updated: 9 Apr 2006
Does your application set up correctly on the client's PC? Getting those ubiquitous errors? This article will give you important information on making better Setup programs.
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Cyril Gupta |
2.36 |
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Remove .NET dependency from .MSI file
- Unedited
Updated: 8 Feb 2005
Have an MSI that is forcing installation of the .NET framework even though your application doesn't use it? Here's how to fix it.
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Mark Harmon |
1.63 |
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Windows Registry
- Unedited
Updated: 31 Aug 2007
Few tips about Windows Registry
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interface Mirror |
1.46 |
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ASP Application installer using java Script
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Updated: 7 Apr 2007
This is a article for ASP .net Application Installation using java script. This will register your application in IIS and also create start menu and desktop icon for that.
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Moiz hakimi |
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