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Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable - Now Available

June 3, 2008 in Knowledge Base, Windows Installer, Software Packaging, Industry News, Windows, Support | No comments

The Microsoft® Windows® Installer (MSI) is the application installation and configuration service for Windows. Version 4.5 of the Windows Installer has several new features, including:

  • Multiple Package Transaction: In a multiple package transaction, you can create a single transaction from multiple packages. In a multiple package transaction, a chainer is used to dynamically include packages in the transaction. If any of the packages do not install as expected, you can roll back the installation.

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Windows Installer Automatic Repair: Windows Vista

December 27, 2007 in Windows Installer, Knowledge Base, Windows, Support | No comments

In earlier versions of Windows, it might have been necessary to re-register the Windows Installer files in the registry (an example) if those files became damaged or corrupt. Beginning Windows Vista, damaged system files needed by Windows Installer can be repaired automatically.

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Microsoft Application Verifier v3.4

September 3, 2007 in Knowledge Base, Windows Installer, Software Packaging, Windows, Support, Administration | No comments

Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.

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InstallShield Knowledge Base - Archive: August 2007

August 31, 2007 in Authoring Tools, Windows Installer, Knowledge Base, Software Packaging, Support, Scripting | No comments

The following articles were created/updated throughout August 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section -

FIXES/HOTFIXES

INFORMATIONAL

HOWTO’s

PROBLEMS

Reference: InstallShield Support

InstallShield Knowledge Base - Archive: July 2007

July 31, 2007 in Authoring Tools, Windows Installer, Knowledge Base, Software Packaging, Support, Scripting | No comments

The following articles were created/updated throughout July 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section -

BUGS

CODES

FIXES/HOTFIXES

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Windows Vista Migration Webcast Series Part Six: Personality Captures

July 24, 2007 in Authoring Tools, Knowledge Base, Software Packaging, WebCasts, Windows | No comments

What: Windows Vista Migration Webcast Series - Part Six: Personality Captures
How will you Migrate to Windows Vista? Migrating to Windows Vista is not a question of when, but how. Whether you plan to deploy Vista as a mass migration project or gradually as new PCs are deployed, OS migration can be intimidating for any IT manager. But with Altiris, now part of Symantec, you can easily manage the mysteries of Vista migration. Join us for part six of a seven part webcast series on Vista migration featuring Windows expert Nelson Ruest. Nelson works for Resolutions Enterprises Ltd. as a Senior Enterprise IT Architect and has over 20 years’ experience in migration planning and network, PC, and server infrastructure design. He has been working on deployments since Windows 3.1 and so far, has assisted over 500,000 users with their migrations. Nelson is the co-author of the eBook: The Definitive Guide to Vista Migration. In this one hour, complimentary webcast on Wednesday, July 25 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (16:00 GMT, Europe), you’ll learn how to successfully tackle the complex task of Vista migration through planning and best practices and how an Altiris integrated solution will help ease your migration plan. The following topics will be discussed: * Personality Capture Considerations - Profile Types & Choosing which Profiles to Protect * Working with Personality Captures * Alternative Strategies for Profile Migrations * Finalize the Personality Protection Strategy * Benefits of Migrating with Altiris
When: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:00 AM

PRESENTER: Nelson Ruest, Windows expert and co-author of The Definitive Guide to Vista Migration

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AdminStudio Repackager Standalone Download

July 12, 2007 in Windows Installer, Authoring Tools, Knowledge Base, Support | No comments

AdminStudio includes a standalone, zero-footprint setup for Repackager. This allows you to install Repackager by itself on a clean machine to repackage applications. The repackaged setup can then be transferred to a build machine with AdminStudio installed or copied to a network location. The download is in the form of a setup.exe that should be launched on the clean machine.

Beginning with AdminStudio 8.5, the standalone Repackager is available on the installation DVD in the Tools folder entitled “StandaloneRepackager.exe”. 

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Building in AdminStudio Repackager Leads to Unknown Error

July 11, 2007 in Windows Installer, Authoring Tools, Knowledge Base, Support | No comments

Building an .inc file that contains certain shortcut entries can lead to an error during the build. A message indicating “An unknown error occurred” is present in the build log, after shortcut information is displayed, and an .msi file will not be created.

This is caused by a bug present in AdminStudio 6.0 with or without Value Pack 1.

Download the HOTFIX (islc.exe) & Steps for Resolution

Halting Installation When Current User Is Not Administrator or Root - KB Q112350

July 8, 2007 in Windows Installer, Authoring Tools, Knowledge Base, Support | No comments

This article explains how to determine if the current user is an administrator on Windows or the root user on Unix, and how to halt the installation and display an error dialog when this current user criterion is not met.

This article applies to the following:

Product(s):

  • InstallShield X Premier, InstallShield 10.5 Premier, InstallShield 11 Premier
  • InstallShield X Professional, InstallShield 10.5 Professional, InstallShield 11 Professional
  • MultiPlatform 4.x, MultiPlatform 5.x, FLEXnet InstallShield MultiPlatform 11.5

Project Type: Universal Installer
Operating System(s): Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Solaris (SPARC), MAC OS, Linux, MAC OS X, AIX, Windows 2000/XP, All Windows, Windows Vista

What does this mean and how to troubleshoot?

New Windows Installer KB Articles relating to Vista (929710, 929467)

June 10, 2007 in Windows Installer, Knowledge Base | No comments

    1. Windows Installer custom action code must be compatible with Data Execution Prevention in Windows Vista
    2. Notification message when you remove or repair a program in Windows Vista: “An unidentified program wants to access your computer”
    These articles were discussed earlier by Windows Installer Team as future candidates to be included at Microsoft Knowledge Base. As the team explains, a future scheduled to be published Knowledge Base article titled “ElevationShield will not show during maintenance mode on a Windows Installer native UI PushButton control” is already on it’s queue.

10 More Commandments for Software Packaging: Focus on Vista Migration

October 27, 2006 in Windows Installer, Knowledge Base, Software Packaging, Windows, Support | No comments

Previously, DevInstall had posted an Event relating to Webcast: 10 More Commandments for Software Packaging: Focus on Vista Migration. If you missed the live Webcast which was on October 25, Macrovision has now made that available on-demand. Building on the popular 20 Commandments for Software Packaging, this new set of commandments apply to migration projects, and will show you which tools can help you perform these tasks. If you are getting ready for a Vista migration today, take the time to view this Webcast.

10 More Commandments include:

  1. Plan your Project
  2. Learn the New Feature Set
  3. Create your Team
  4. Build your Test Network
  5. Filter Features
  6. Analyze Application Compatibility
  7. Package for Production
  8. Rely on Workflows
  9. Test, Test, Test
  10. Learn your Lessons

Ofcourse, the speakers expand and present these bullets in greater detail with demos.

Speakers:

Nelson Ruest
Wes Day
Michael Snyders

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