Hi Phil,
I have setup project where i have added a radio button dialog box. Now i
want to guide the user towards different screens based on the radio button
selected. How can i get this selected value in the custom actions class?

Using VS2005 Depoyment Project
I can see how you can set a file to only install by using a custom dialog
box and button property but is there a way of using a custome dialog box to
actually make a external file run

I've recently updated my setup project adding some folder and files to
'Application Folder'.
After installing such setup and clicking on shortcut being added to
menu, it keeps reinstalling and I don't know how to get rid of this ?

If I create a file type for my application in visual studio, all files
of that type seem to be advertised.  Whenever I launch my application
by double clicking on a file with my file extension a repair is
launched.  I have read file types created in visual studio are

I am building a Windows application deployment project for the solution
that including several assemblies. One of the assemblies is a
configuration that has XML and INI files. They have "Build Action"
defined to "Content" and are copied into Output folder. I want to add

I am preparing the second major version of an app. The project is a copy of
version 1 which has change made to it. What changes do I need to do for
setup for v2 not tell me that there is already a previous version (version
1) of the same app installed?

I just read the MSDN article about the VS 2005 bootstrapper. The article
mentioned its a file called setup.exe - but where can I find it? Or has
the bootstrapper been integrated into the IDE?
thanks,

Or anyone that might know.  Phil, I've read you book, it was very helpful,
however this Search Registery and Condition problem I'm having is about to
make me jump off the edge.
I've created a deployment project and decided I wanted to use the Registry

I am having an issue using VS 2005 and windows installer 3.1.  I
have a windows app that I am trying to deploy with a setup project in
VS 2005. As a test I created another version of the product to see if
the uninstall worked but it don't seem to. Here is what I have done.

I want to write a custom installer to install a exe written in C
language. Is it possible? The installer needs to perform some tasks
before it install the exe.
Please help.

We have an ActiveX Control which was written in .NET 2003. Works great
on the local machine, and our issue is deployment.
Based on the thread (http://tinyurl.com/ovc9x) and
(http://tinyurl.com/jzq85), we've signed the dll, and written an INF

 I want to include vjredist.exe in my setup bootstrapper exe? How i can
make this
thanking you
JAYAKUMAR NATARAJAN

   I have a setup solution that throws the system.io.filenotfoundexception
during the installation. I have added a custom form during the installation
that has a textbox. When the user puts in any value that has a space the
exception is thrown. For example the textbox is asking ...

Is it possible to delete all files from the installation folder upon the
user removing the software?  Some files that my application created are not
being removed.
Thanks,

I have a setup project in my solution. Everytime I build the solution in any
mode (debug / release), the windows installer pop-up appears asking to
install my web application. How can I get rid of that windows installer
pop-up?