January 2008 | Visual Studio Setup

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Different Packages are Required for Different Processor Architectures

Heath StewartJanuary 15, 2008Jan 15, 200801/15/08

A common question is how to create a Windows Installer package that installs 32-bit binaries on 32-bit platforms, and both 32- and 64-bit binaries on 64-bit platforms. If you're actually trying to install 64-bit binaries to appropriate directories and write to the 64-bit view of the registry, the short answer is that you can't build a single ...

Patch Families in WiX and Windows Installer

Heath StewartJanuary 14, 2008Jan 14, 200801/14/08

Patch families were introduced in Windows Installer 3.0 as a means to sequence patches even if applied in any order, and to supersede previous patches. Supersedence allows for easier delta patching and allows more patches to be installed than the 127 limit.When we started developing the new patch build support in Windows Installer XML (WiX) 3....

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January 2008 | Visual Studio Setup

Different Packages are Required for Different Processor Architectures

Patch Families in WiX and Windows Installer

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