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Windows Installer Automatic Repair: Windows Vista In earlier versions of Windows, it might have been necessary to re-register the Windows Installer files in the registry (an example) if those files became damaged or corrupt. Beginning Windows Vista, damaged system files needed by Windows Installer can be repaired automatically. Share & Enjoy - Bookmark to: The Hey, Scripting Guy! Archive: Volume 2 (August 2004 - September 2007) The first three years of the Hey, Scripting Guy! column (give or take a month) gathered together in one fully-searchable archive. This HTML help file includes all the text, graphics, and hyperlinks for well over 800 Hey, Scripting Guy! columns. This download is available to customers running genuine Microsoft Windows More Information & Download Share & Enjoy - [...] Windows PowerShell Graphical Help File (Version 2.0) View the Windows PowerShell 2.0 help (including cmdlet help and the About topics) in a fully-searchable, graphical format (a standard Windows .chm file). Also included in the help file is the VBScript to Windows PowerShell Conversion Guide and a collection of PowerShell Tips of the Week. More Information and Download Share & Enjoy - Bookmark to: Documentation for WiX in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario" November CTP This documentation contains information about the version of WiX distributed with Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario" November CTP. It contains information about: • What WiX is • Using WiX on the command line • Using WiX in Visual Studio • WiX [...] Microsoft Application Verifier v3.4 Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing. Share & Enjoy - Bookmark to: InstallShield Knowledge Base - Archive: August 2007 The following articles were created/updated throughout August 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section - FIXES/HOTFIXES COM Extraction Fails on Systems Older than Windows XP SP1 COM Extraction Causes System Corruption during Uninstall Unparsed Records in SdFilesInUse and SdRMFilesInUse Dialogs Licensing Hotfix for InstallShield 2008 Premier and Professional Editions INFORMATIONAL Workflow Manager 4.04 Now Available Expected Behavior of Response [...] Windows Script 5.7 - 2K/XP/2K3 This release of Windows Script brings the improvements in scripting made during the Vista development cycle to downlevel platforms. The primary reason for changing the version number from 5.6 to 5.7 is to simplify servicing and support by synchronizing the versioning to a consistent scheme based on Vista build number. The minor version increase does [...] InstallShield Knowledge Base - Archive: July 2007 The following articles were created/updated throughout July 2007 for InstallShield Related Products - categorized based on section - BUGS AdminStudio Phase Shows 100% Complete, but Workflow Does Not Progress Support Files Not Available in OnBegin Event AdminStudio Workflow Phase Never Reaches 100% CODES Generate a GUID in the Automation Interface Getting the Volume Serial Number FIXES/HOTFIXES Error 1001 Occurs at Run Time Uninstall of Developer [...] Webcast: Windows PowerShell and Microsoft Management Console - August 02, 2007 What: MSDN Webcast: Windows PowerShell and Microsoft Management Console (Level 200)In this labcast, learn about two powerful management technologies that encompass both the command line and graphical user interface (GUI). Windows PowerShell is the new command shell and scripting language from Microsoft that helps IT professionals and developers achieve greater productivity. Join this session to write [...] Windows Vista Migration Webcast Series Part Six: Personality Captures What: Windows Vista Migration Webcast Series - Part Six: Personality CapturesHow will you Migrate to Windows Vista? Migrating to Windows Vista is not a question of when, but how. Whether you plan to deploy Vista as a mass migration project or gradually as new PCs are deployed, OS migration can be intimidating for any IT manager. [...] InstallShield 2008: OS Conditions in DIM Files May Evaluate Incorrectly When building a DIM reference into an InstallShield project, you may see that OS Conditions evaluate the ‘Greater Than’ conditional statement as ‘Equals’. Applies to Product(s): InstallShield 2008 Premier InstallShield 2008 Professional Project Type: Windows Installer, InstallScript MSI Solution: Per InstallShield Support, this is due to an issue present in InstallShield’s DIM Import module. Download new DimImport.dll & Resolute Share & Enjoy [...] Windows Script 5.6 for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Windows Script is a comprehensive scripting infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows platform. Windows Script provides two script engines, Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft JScript, which can be embedded into Windows Applications. It also provides an extensive array of supporting technologies that makes it easier for script users to script Windows applications. Learn more… The download [...] Macrovision?s AdminLetter - July 2007 Highlights The July 2007 edition of Macrovision’s Newsletter has the following as highlights: AdminStudio 8.5 prevents DLL conflicts with Citrix virtualization support AdminStudio wins two 2007 Redmond Readers’ Choice Awards Tip: Setting isolation options for Citrix virtual profiles Save time by indentifying which applications to repacakge for Windows Vista AdminStudio training special: Sign up with co-workers and [...] Webcast: Application Compatibility Considerations with Windows Vista - July 18, 2007 What: TechNet Webcast: Application Compatibility Considerations with Windows Vista (Level 200)In this webcast, we focus on application compatibility issues that you may encounter when upgrading to the Windows Vista operating system, and we show you how to address them. We start the session by explaining User Account Control (UAC), which helps reduce the exposure and attack [...] AdminStudio Repackager Standalone Download AdminStudio includes a standalone, zero-footprint setup for Repackager. This allows you to install Repackager by itself on a clean machine to repackage applications. The repackaged setup can then be transferred to a build machine with AdminStudio installed or copied to a network location. The download is in the form of a setup.exe that should be [...] Building in AdminStudio Repackager Leads to Unknown Error Building an .inc file that contains certain shortcut entries can lead to an error during the build. A message indicating “An unknown error occurred” is present in the build log, after shortcut information is displayed, and an .msi file will not be created. This is caused by a bug present in AdminStudio 6.0 with or without [...] MSI Error 2755:1639 The installation terminates when the progress-bar dialog runs. A log of the installation indicates error 2755:1639. An error message indicating incorrect command-line parameters is also seen in the log file. Usually the exact error message is: Error 2755: Server returned unexpected error. Error 1639 is a system return code indicating that Windows Installer received an invalid command line [...] Halting Installation When Current User Is Not Administrator or Root - KB Q112350 This article explains how to determine if the current user is an administrator on Windows or the root user on Unix, and how to halt the installation and display an error dialog when this current user criterion is not met. This article applies to the following: Product(s): InstallShield X Premier, InstallShield 10.5 Premier, InstallShield 11 Premier InstallShield X Professional, [...] Using WiseScript to Customize Virtual Software Packages In this article, author Aaron Phillips goes through the process of customizing the behavior of an SVS package using WiseScript. WiseScript is a simple, yet versatile scripting language that consolidates dozens or hundreds of lines of code into predefined script actions. Phillips mentions: Since I was introduced to WiseScript, I have to say, it’s grown on me [...] Application LifeCycle Management “A 10 minute video guide to how software applications are developed” - Business Perspective Share & Enjoy - Bookmark to: Windows Installer 4.5 Beta Accepting Nominations Nominations are being accepted for Windows Installer 4.5 Beta. Windows Installer Team claims that the Windows Installer 4.5 beta will deliver new functionality for multiple package products and for servicing complex products. Windows Installer 4.5 will pull down level the features from the OS version independent features in the Windows Installer 4.0 release that shipped [...] Windows SteadyState is now available Windows SteadyState was formerly known as Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP. Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who [...] Windows Installer 4.1 & Vista SP1 - How Close ? It appears a new version of Windows Installer 4.1 is on the horizon. On May 04, Windows Installer Team at Microsoft posted Invitation to Windows Installer Tools Vendors for a Live Meeting Event at their blog web site saying, “At this event we’ll discuss the next step for the Windows Installer so you can consider [...] New Windows Installer KB Articles relating to Vista (929710, 929467) 1. Windows Installer custom action code must be compatible with Data Execution Prevention in Windows Vista 2. Notification message when you remove or repair a program in Windows Vista: “An unidentified program wants to access your computer” These articles were discussed earlier by Windows Installer Team as future candidates to be included at Microsoft Knowledge Base. As [...] Windows 2000 to Windows Vista: Road to Compatibility Channel 9 has posted a very good video concerning “Windows 2000 to Windows Vista: Road to Compatibility”. This is especially targeted for developers who should make changes to their applications to run smoothly on Windows Vista. A conceptual knowledge of User Account Control is also explained which seems to impact software not following Windows Logo [...]

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