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Questions tagged [wix]

This tag should be used for questions related to the WiX Tools for Windows installation applications. Questions about the free website builder are off topic.

The WiX Toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. More information is available at wixtoolset.org.

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What happens during "Computing space requirements"?

Nearly every setup I know shows something like this at the beginning: There is a text saying: "Computing space requirement" This sometimes runs just a few seconds and sometimes significant longer. Since checking for free disk space is to me the…
Uwe Keim
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"Installation directory must be on a local drive" msi install error

Some of our users in our organization has started to report a strange error when installing our product (product details redacted from the screenshot): The original error message in English is "Installation directory must be on a local…
Johny Skovdal
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The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed in a TFS post-build script

We have installed a TFS Build Agent on Windows 2012. In a post-build script we are packing a setup using WIX. But we get the following error, when light.exe : error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE01'. The most common cause of this kind…
Jannik
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Detecting dotnet runtime version in wix installer

I am creating wix package for my software and have prerequisite to have .net core runtime 3.1.*. I am using below code to check whether .net core runtime exist or not. It seems its not working or detecting. Please suggest how to detect .netcore…
Rajeev pandit
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Name server management when using AWS Route 53 and Wix

I am very new to DNS configurations and such. I am reading and picking things up as I go. I was looking for general guidance for the following scenario, I've a domain purchased from a registrar (Namecheap), I am using AWS Route 53 for DNS…
kartik
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WiX installer fails with Error 0x80070570: Failed to extract all files from container, erf: 1:4:0

I have created an MSI installer bootstrapper (so .exe) with WiX, it works on my computer (Windows 7) but when executed on another Windows 7 computer it fails with: [1688:1078][2016-01-11T02:21:25]i001: Burn v3.8.1128.0, Windows v6.3 (Build 9600:…
Nicolas Raoul
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My wix website is very, very slow seems like its because of JS

I have small jewelry website built on wix. Its very slow .. takes around 8 seconds to load up. i tested it on gtmetrix.com https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.ardonn.co.il/1Vprfypw/ And it appears that most of the slowness is due to Java script. Not im…
Lee
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Run repair function of an EXE from the command line

Is there a way to run the repair functionality of an EXE created using WiX? Specifically, this program using WiX and defines some commands such as /quiet, /passive, /uninstall, but nothing for /repair, but it does offer a button when the installer…
pstatix
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How to install MSI to custom directory using msiexec?

Here's my attempt to install .msi using msiexec in Administrative PowerShell on Windows 10. I've made it 7 times for each of 2 drives, C: and D: (14 total) with different arguments in place of ARG and the same desirable path value. Template: PS…
tsilvs
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Wix setup: read several ini files during setup

For a setup (to update an existing product) I create in wix, I need to read the install directory and process all the INI-files that start with settings Those are settings files who have the same layout, and allow the application to connect to…
Vampie
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Google form border…Is there a way to remove it or not? or even blend it with the background color pink

How do I remove the ash and white stripes border around the "Login-USE your Zip code Google form" or make it look negligible? It is a form made using the Google forms Is there a way to remove it or not? or even blend it with the background color…
James
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Registry key for Enforce Password Expiration on sql server for sa user

I am using wix installer to check the Checkbox for "Enforce Password Expiration" under Securty -> Logins for the sa user after sql express is installed. I guess the easiest way is to edit the Registry key to check this checkbox automatically. Can…
nikhil
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Wix does not allow to add NS records

I want to delegate internal.infraheads.com to my internal nameservers, but I depend on Wix as they enforce the use of their NS servers. And they don't support adding NS records required for NS delegation. What can I do in this situation except move…
Edik Mkoyan
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Upgrading SQL SERVER 2014 to 2022 using WIX installer

I am making a exe using Bootstrapper WIX installer for my application. I am trying to update the SQL Server 2014 to SQL Server 2022 using the exe itself. Here is the scenario, currently the application is installed on the client machine where it…
Suman jha
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