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Hello everyone,

A client recently asked me whether an MSI built with Advanced installer can install Windows 11 language packs, including the Text-To-Speech (TTS) voices, but only on machines where a specific registry key exists.

This is really an interesting scenario and I decided to create this ...

Hello and welcome to our forums,

Please note that the PIN request is not in our control.

The following forum thread:

Re: Urgent- How can I sign with YubiKey?

goes into more details regarding not entering the PIN many times.

Please read it (especially in the 2nd page, where a customer shares ...

Hello Tom,

Please have a look over the following article:

How to install and configure a COM

There are two methods we can use here:

1. Extract registration info. On the DLL in Files and Folders page, use the "Extract registration info from native library" option. Advanced Installer reads the ...

You are always welcome, Henrique! ${L_SMILIES_SMILE}$

Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with and we will gladly assist.

Best regards,
Catalin

Hello,

This improvement has been added in version 24.0 of Advanced Installer.

Best regards,
Catalin

Hello Zsolt,

Thank you for your followup on this.

I just realized something here, as I was investigating this issue of yours.

Are you trying to manually start the updater service? Like from the Service Manager?

If so, please note that the updater service is not meant to work like that.

The ...

Hello Ben,

Awesome!

Glad to hear you got this working. ${L_SMILIES_VERY_HAPPY}$

Best regards,
Catalin

Hello Ben,

Although the ServiceInstall table's Arguments column is a "Formatted" string field (ServiceInstall Table docs), and Microsoft's own docs don't state an explicit character cap for it, it looks like it is actually capped at 255 characters.

ServiceInstall Table

This is something common ...

Hello and welcome to our forums,

Thank you for your contribution!

This will hopefully come in handy for further users facing a similar scenario.

Best regards,
Catalin

Hello Henrique,

Right now, the message appears in the same language as the installer, as you have already noticed.

Unfortunately, we can not really add an option to translate this due to some technical limitations. Most strings you see and can translate are from the MSI, this message is from the ...

Hello Zsolt,

First of all, I am really sorry you're encountering such a breaking issue right when you're about to prepare for the release.

I have investigated the procmon log and I'm afraid I don't see much in there.

The Procmon trace shows the following for the executable: it starts, loads all ...

Hello Chris,

Thank you for your followup on this!

Glad to hear that!

Best regards,
Catalin

Hello Chris,

Sure thing!

Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with and I will gladly assist. ${L_SMILIES_SMILE}$

Best regards,
Catalin

Hello Zsolt,

I have had a look over the AIP file you provided, but I could not see anything suspicious in there.

It looks properly configured.

Do you recall if this started happening after a specific change you've done to your project?

This support is entirely done via Windows Installer. The ...

Hello Chris,

I have tested this with the package you provided previously for that other issue and it worked fine on my end, I did not encounter any messagebox custom action during the uninstall.

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Could you please let me know if my approach in testing this is correct?

What i ...

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