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Hi Mark, Windows Installer does indeed completely remove the previous version before installing the new. There are two workarounds for this: 1) use patches instead of automatic updates. Advantages: a) patches have a small size b) patches do not remove the already installed product Disadvantages: a) ...

Hi Mark, I am afraid Windows Installer is not able to do this automatically. On the Organization page, create some new component. You can do this by creating a dummy registry key from the registry page. Now, create your environment variable and place it under the component. Condition the component u...

Hello, There shouldn't be any other reason for not being able to create a user except for the fact that the user running the install does not have sufficient privileges, in which case the user can't create the other account manually either. In the case the user already exists, we have the Error Poli...

Hello,

The code in that guide is written in C. Therefore it can be used in C.

Best regards,
Gabriel

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Hello Todd, Indeed that issue has been resolved and will be available in the update that will follow the upcoming version of AI. The path variable is not localizable I am afraid. There might be a workaround, however it's not the most elegant solution: Instead of having one build with multiple langua...

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Hi Todd, This seems to be an issue with Advanced Installer, thank you for reporting it. We have now fixed it, however the fix will not be available in the next version of Advanced Installer, since that is scheduled soon, and QA has already approved it. It will be available after this version though,...

Hello, The question is due to the fact that you probably checked "Ask the use whether he wants to perform cleanup" option on the third page during the Uninstall Cleanup wizard. To undo this, delete the remove file operation if you haven't already done so, run the Uninstall Cleanup wizard o...

Hi János, In case an error encounters during upgrade I ignore it How do you ignore this error? Whenever the user wants to remove the program the old uninstall string from the previous product is still there. Therefore the error message is shown "This action is only valid for products currently ...

Hello, I am afraid this feature is not yet supported, however I have added it on our TODO list and will be available in a future version of Advanced Installer. If other users deem this improvement of interest to them, please let us know so we can increase its priority on our list. In the meantime, y...

Hello Tim,

On the IIS page, select IIS Server (the root of the tree). On the right, you will see the ISAPI filters list, to which you can add your ISAPI filter. The filter will be available on a per-server level.

Best regards,
Gabriel

Hi Tim, On your prerequisites' Properties page->Properties tab, notice the Folder field. This folder specifies the location where your prerequisite will be extracted. If both your prerequisites have the same folder, one of them will overwrite the other (them being in the same folder and having the s...

Hello,

The VersionNT64 property is only set on 64bit operating systems, so you can use that in your conditions.

Best regards,
Gabriel

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