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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.

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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 ...
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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 ...
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My wix website is very, very slow seems like its because of JS [closed]

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 ...
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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,...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 (...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 "...
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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]...
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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 [closed]

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 ...
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