We need to create a developer workstation for the .net framework vs2003.
Does anyone have a list of software items that need to be installed, and in
what sequence?

I'm having a lot of trouble installing 1.1 SP1, I've seen postings with
similar problems but none of the solutions posted have worked for me, I'd
appreciate any suggestions. I'm on Win2kSP4 with everything up-to-date from
Windows Update (except for the .NET1.0SP3 and .NET1.1SP1 ...

I want to create certain data folders in "C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents\"   But i am unable to find the property for the clsid
"CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS" which i can set in VS .NET Setup Deployment project
for creating a custom folder. Is there system property to ...

I  need certain files not to be overwriten during installation in upgrade
version of already installed setup. How to acheive the above tasks t in VS
.Net Setup Project?
Any other suggestion in this regard are most welcome.

I'm using a custom action and added a .Net installer class in a VS2003 setup package (vdproj).
How can I check in the Install and UnInstall overwrite methods that the setup package is installed as a silent install (/qn switch) ?

in a configuration projet, Is it possible to force the option "install for
everybody"
I dont want that people could choose between "everybody" and "only me"....
thanks!

In order to prevent my patch from requiring access to the original
installation source, I need populate the MsiFileHash table for all
unversioned files. When I used Msifiler.exe to populate the MsiFileHash
table, it only works for the administrative install image but not for the

Is it possible from the VS.NET depolyement project user interface editor to
make a dialog page or certain fields on a dialog page hidden based on the
value of a checkbox/radiobutton on a prior dialog page?
How about disable the "Next" button if a text input is empty?

Any pointers for Orca reference documents, tutorials .
How reliable are the changes made by orca tool?
Thanks in Advance,
Regards,

my app adds registry entry to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run while
installing by deafault. After install is finished the user can swich autorun
off (from the application level - the registry entry is deleted then) When

I recently installed SP2 after which I was informed through the wu site to
install both the .net updates, but they fail to install no matter what I do.
After I visited the update newsgroup I realised every other post was about
this issue but no definite solution to the problem ...

I really like the startup page in VS.NET 2003 that has the existing projects
that i have opened.. but it only displays the last 4. I have many projects
that i work on...
How can i get it to display all of them?

OS : Windows 2000
Tools : Visual Studio .Net
I have developed a setup application using Visual Studio 2003 .Net
deployment kit. I have a created a custom folder(User's Personal Data

When adding a dialog into setup project we can select from the provided
template such as Textboxes(A), Textboxes(B) etc. I wan to add a dialog to
let user to select a path (letting user to browse the path), if I use
Textboxes dialog the user have to write the path. Can we add a ...

I do have an application that I want to distribute with a .NET
Installer, during this installation the user can choose the path where
to install the application. At that time I would like to grab this
information and add it to the xx.exe.config