I am in desperate need of some help from someone who knows more about
creating installers than I do.  Here is my situation:  
- using VS 2002 and VB.NET
- created a setup file with RemovePreviousVersions set to true

I'd like to archive my entire solution, including the Setup project.  In the
past, I thought that I'd done that, but when I brought everything back, the
Setup information was gone.  I can't seem to find where this stuff is stored
(the File System, Launch Conditions, etc).

Hello sir,
I want to know that how to a a custom action to be performed when user run the SetUp.Exe.
I am working in VB.NET.Windows application. and i want to create a setup project for my application which needs to perform certain steps at the time of installation.
Please help me.

I had to re-install my HP printer with new software updates and in that
installation it installed net framework.  Then the update KB886903 came in
from microsoft.  It would not install this update.  I followed the
instructions from

Is there any official word or documentation from Microsoft on how you are
supposed to deploy the .NET Framework 2.0 to thousands of machines via MSI?
This could either be with SMS, AD Group Policy or one of the many deployment
solutions out there.

Does anyone know how to make my .exe run after the install finishes?

I am running Visual Studio.NET 2002 on Windows XP.  I installed the framework
1.1 and then unistalled Framework 1.0  How do I get Visual Studio to
recognize the upgrade?
I get the following error when I try to open an existing Visual Studio

I suppose this is the right place to post this message or else please let me
know the right place to post this message.
I have an .NET application which needs database to installed prior to the
installation of this application. So for this i need to have "Add Connection"

In my program I'm trying the add a "30-day" evaluation scheme. To do this I
would like to retrieve the installation date from the registry that is
entered by WindowsInstaller. Any tips?

I am using Visual Studio 2003 Setup project to install my application. How
can add Autorun.inf to the project?
Gregory

I am using VS.NET 2003 and have created a setup project. I have entered my .NET assembly file in the Global Assembly Cache folder. At install time it gets entered in the GAC. The thing is I also want the file to get copied over to TARGETDIR. How do I do that
I tried adding this ...

My setup project includes the Primary Output from a Windows form application
in the Install folder of the Custom Action list. When I run the setup.exe,
this code does not execute. Any ideas what would cause this?
TIA

Is there any known 'issue' or limitation with installing and running
Visual Studio 2005 Standard under Win XP Home? As opposed to XP Pro? I
know Home doesn't have IIS, but I thought that ASP under VS 2005 no
longer needed IIS (has its own built in web server) so I don't think

I've got an application that requires a SQL Server database.  I have added a
custom action to my setup project to create the database during the install.  
That part works fine.  What I need to do now is set up a user for the
database.  That's what I'm not sure how to do.  During ...

I have created a web setup project using VS.NET 2003.
I want to include a custom dialog box in this project which should appear
before virtual directory screen.
I have created a windows form with installer class and tried to use it with