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Hi Zhang Shangyi, You can use a Custom Action to copy (or move) the files/folders in question to a backup folder. You can use the sample "Backup" script for this purpose because file copy/move operations cannot be used to copy folders. The path of the backup folder will be written to the r...

Hi Alex,

The problem seems to appear on Windows Vista for tree controls having the Explorer theme and the full row select style set. I have added this on our TODO list as a bug and it will be fixed in a future version. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Clemens, You could verify if a particular translation is up-to-date by generating a new multi-language dictionary using the "Create" button in the Translations page, "Dictionaries" tab. In the second page of the wizard select "English (United States)" and the languag...

Hi Vinh, The problem is that the installation paths for some of the files included in your project exceed MAX_PATH characters (which is equal to 260). Windows Installer does not support more than 260 characters in a path. For instance, one of the files in question is the following: Application Folde...

Hi, Open the AIP file in a text editor and locate the following line: <ROW Condition="Version9X OR (VersionNT AND (NOT VersionNT64))" Description="[ProductName] cannot be installed on [WindowsFamilyNT64]" DescriptionLocId="AI.LaunchCondition.NoNT64" IsPredefined="t...

Hi,

Open the "Start -> Run" dialog and paste the command provided by Cosmin. Another option is to open a command-prompt window ("Start -> Run", type "cmd"), and then invoke the command from there.

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Vinh,

Please generate a verbose log and send it, together with the AIP file, to support at advancedinstaller dot com in order to investigate this issue.

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Vicky, I have built the AIP file you have sent using dummy files and used the following code for the "ResetTargetPath" function, but I could not reproduce the problem you are encountering: UINT __stdcall ResetTargetPath(MSIHANDLE hInstall) { TCHAR szFolder[MAX_PATH] = _T("APPDIR&qu...

Hi Mikhail,

You can set the Permanent attribute for the Component(s) attached to those files, as described here.

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Mikhail, I have managed to reproduce the problem after investigating the AIP file you have sent and it seems that it is due to a bug in Advanced Installer. Basically, some AI Custom Actions end up having the same sequences in the InstallExecuteSequence table (inside the MSI database) when the &qu...

Hi, Windows Installer uses several File Versioning Rules when it decides whether to overwrite an existing file. The Creation and Modification dates are used as a criteria only when the files do not have a version. You can override a file's version information by specifying a custom version in the &q...

Hi, In order to create a Property Based folder, switch to the Files and Folders page and select from the toolbar, "New folder -> Property Based", then select the Property that will be attached to that folder. Alternatively, you can select this option from the context-menu of an existing fo...

Hi Kevin,

This bug will be fixed in the next Advanced Installer version. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Regards,
Ionut

Hi,

I cannot reproduce this issue on my test machine. Please send again both AIP files and corresponding INI files in order to investigate the problem.

Regards,
Ionut

Hi Abed,

This is due to a bug in the Bootstrapper which has been fixed. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Please contact us on support at advancedinstaller dot com and I shall send you the Boostrapper stubs which incorporate the fix.

Regards,
Ionut

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