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Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:18 PM

Common Task: Optionally Cleanup User Data on Uninstall

This is a common scenario... Your application, when it runs, creates log files, registry entries, and customized data files on the machine. These are files that were not installed by the installer. Therefore when you go to uninstall, these files would...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:04 AM

What are the common install tasks?

Out-of-the-box (meaning the default Basic MSI project) your Basic MSI installer project is already capable of handling most of the standard installation actions. But what are some of the common features that you might want to add to the installer project...
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Friday, May 02, 2008 8:44 AM

Basic Introduction to InstallShield and Windows Installer

The scenario here is that the previous install developer won the lottery and ran off to Bimini with his girlfriend, leaving YOU the job of taking over a dozen different InstallShield 12 install projects. Let's assume you know very little about installer...
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