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Hello, That strange value string was placed there by Windows Installer. It is the so-called Darwin descriptor that Windows Installer uses to figure out what program to run when the verb is invoked by the shell. For compatibility with programs that read the registry directly, the default value is set...

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Liviu

You're always welcome, Etienne!

Best regards,
Liviu

Hello Etienne, That happens because our "Set version" mechanism was changed in Advanced Installer version 19.2. https://www.advancedinstaller.com/release-19.2.html We added the dynamic content support for the ProductVersion property. Also, now major upgrades are possible by default when us...

Hello,

You can add these custom actions before the Path Resolution standard action under the Wizard Dialogs Stage in the Custom Actions page.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

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Liviu

Hello, I have try also in this way and it seems that the property inside '[]' are not replaced with value at runtime. I have used that properties in XML configuration files and it just simply puts '[ROOT_PATH]\Configuration' This happens because the value field of a property does not support Formatt...

Hello,

I've replied to your other thread where you asked a similar question.

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Liviu

Hello, Most likely, this happens because you are using a PseudoFormatted property, which is resolved at build time. By default, properties referenced by PseudoFormatted ("[|propertyname]") field are resolved at build time. During installation only properties used in Formatted data fields a...

Hello, In this case, a possible solution that might work would be to add the new MSI (the one with the fixed custom action on uninstall) as a Temp file in the upgrade setup and launch it from a batch file with the recache command. You need to run the upgrade setup with full UI so that you can launch...

Hello,

In order to fix/remove the old version, you can use one of the solutions described in the How do I remove a broken installation FAQ article.

Let me know if you have other questions.

Best regards,
Liviu

Hello, Case 1. Current version (1.0) Upgrades/Order: "Uninstall old version first and then install new version". Next version (2.0) has the same Upgrades/Order: "Uninstall old version first and then install new version". If the current version is already installed and a user run ...

Hello,

Thank you for your follow-up on this.

It's great to hear that you got this working.

Best regards,
Liviu

Hello, I can't figure out how to get to any of the places marked in red in the picture. I always get to the first installation. But if I want to go to maintenance? Or to upgrade? I have already explained this in my previous reply. The dialogs under the First Time Install section appear only during t...

Hello Ian, 1. It has identified all the used system dll and ocx files but for some reason it seems to be trying to install them into the Application Folder rather than SYSWOW64. I think I have relocated them properly but I'm a bit unsure if I need to do something to register them?? There was initial...

Hello and welcome to our forums, I'm confused by the folder names under "Resources/Files and Folders". There is shown a folder "Windows Volume/Windows/System 64" which does not exist, however there does exist the folder "SysWoW64" which isn't shown, are these two the sa...

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