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Windows Installer contains significant changes from its predecessor, Setup API. New features include a GUI framework and automatic generation of the uninstallation sequence. Windows Installer is positioned as an alternative to stand-alone executable installer frameworks such as older versions of InstallShield and NSIS.
An app whose Windows Installer entries are damaged cannot be uninstalled or reinstalled via the normal means. The Windows Installer CleanUp utility removes all files and registry settings associated with an app's Windows Installer database, allowing it to be reinstalled. The utility only changes registry values and files associated with Windows ...
A poorly written or misconfigured installer can therefore downgrade a system library on legacy versions of Windows, on which Windows File Protection or Windows Resource Protection does not roll back the change. On Windows Vista and later, only the "trusted installer" account can make changes to core operating-system libraries.
The MS-DOS installer goes straight to the text-based interface below to allow the user to install Windows. The Windows installer presents an agreement and asks for the product key right at the beginning to upgrade Windows, then it copies files to the hard disk, and reboot to the setup from the hard disk in order to continue to the next step.
WiX is a toolset designed to build Windows Installer (.msi) packages using the command line. [4] It comes with the following tools: [5] [4] [7] Candle: compiles source files into object files; Light: combines object files into a .msi file; Lit: creates libraries that can be linked by Light.exe; Dark: decompiles a .msi file into WiX code
A Canadian grandmother of 12 recently broke her second world record of the year — and this time, her incredible feat involved doing over 1,500 push-ups.
Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.”