I tried to install my folder with help files (generated with RoboHelp) with my Setup Project in Visual Studio .NET 2003. But i haven't found a way to copy a folder including subfolders to the target machine. Does anybody know how to install a whole folder without adding file by ...

I am using VS.NET Setup Wizard to create my setup msi file. However, I can't
set the AddRemoveProgramsIcon property for my Setup Project and the Icon
proptery for the shortcut of the output file in the User's Desktop. The
correct icon can't appear.

Detected Dependencies in our setup projects (merge modules and setups)
are driving us nuts.  A merge module built on one machine has
different detected dependencies than when the same project is built on
another machine.  We really don't care about detected dependencies

I am working on a web based application wherein I have used the tree view, and a toolbar control. I have deployed the application on the WEB Server windows server 2003, using the setup and deployment wizard in the VS.NET IDE. Also tried by copying the files on to the webserver, ...

A setup project includes C# assemblies and a VB6 DLL (vendor supplied com
object).   It's updating the assemblies just fine, but isn't replacing the
VB6 DLL.  The file does get laid down if I run the MSI again to repair.
In the setup project, the Register attribute is set to ...

How to install (with the same script) a windows services on the same machine
and in different location ?
Thks

On a system with the .NET Framework v1.1 (w/o the patches) already installed
and working well, I attempted to install the 2.0 .NET Framework after
downloading the 24Mb package.
I have full administrator permissions on the machine. There aren't any other

I want to run MPSetup.exe if the Windows Media Player version is less than 9
on a client.
I have been up and down MSDN's KB and this MB for the Launch
Conditions.Condition property for the synatx, but the only 2 examples I see

I have a VB.NET windows deployment project.
The installation consists of some file structure and a few customs
actions....
I also have some merge module included...etc...

can I add keys and values in the application configuration files
programatically according to user's input during setup ?
thxs

Can anyone help me with some issues when deploying Web Setup projects?
1) You can specify the relative virtual directory and port number but not
the website to install to. For instance if the IIS web server has 4 web
sites it will pick one (at random? but always the same one, and ...

I have an installer class which runs some custom code on
uninstallation. However, I only want to run this code if the
uninstallation was explicitly chosen by the user. If a new version is
installed it performs an uninstall on the previous version, and the

I want to organize my solution with smart device application and VSS without
Referencepaths in .user file Name.
so, I want use the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\AssemblyFolders

I'm receiving the "unable to get installer types in <assembly>" error
message now that I've added another custom action to my setup project.
The funny thing is the assembly that it's pooping itself on has fewer
dependencies than my other custom actions, and all of which are

is there a way to uninstall permamant files?
each time i try to uninstall the application all the permamanet files do no
get removed, event though i built a new setup with all permanent properties
set to false. but it seems to be written to the registry, as the new