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32- and 64-Bit Installations A frequently asked question is: how can I create a combined 32- and 64-bit MSI package. The short answer is: you can't, because the MSI format requires you to specify the processor architecture in the Summary Information...

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Here's a collection of my (re-) tweets from the past week: Developing Software Installations Based on Agile Best Practices Blog post and webinar from Flexera Software with Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft App-V - What Software Developers Should Know...

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Last week's news from my twitter account: Activation hotfix for InstallShield 12 and AdminStudio 8.5 That's the risk of using activation technology. On the positive side: Flexera Software released a hotfix for an older product version that's...

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Here are some of links I posted on Twitter last week. Choosing Your Project Type: Basic MSI, InstallScript, or InstallScript MSI InstallShield Media Table Gotcha - a bug in the way InstallShield names .cab files Windows Installer Transforms will Override...

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Some interesting stuff I came across during the past week. A book about WiX Nick Ramirez has written a book about WiX (and it looks like the book also introduces the underlying concepts of Windows Installer along the way). I think this deserves a separate...

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In the past week, some topics evolved into a conversation - thanks to Christopher Painter who added more information where I simply tweeted links to articles that I came across: Problems with installations to IIS on Vista Rod Maupin blogged that Installations...

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During the first week after my vacation I came across these articles that might interest you: Alternative method to extract COM Data Shieldmaster Blog posted a workaround if the COM data extracted by InstallShield are incomplete Service Pack 3 for AdminStudio...