January 2009 | Visual Studio Setup

Repairing Products after Patches Advertised Features

Heath StewartJanuary 28, 2009Jan 28, 200901/28/09

Windows Installer supports advertising features to enable users to later install those features on demand. But Windows Installer may advertise features in when a component is removed from a feature through obsolescence or supersedence. This will leave the product in a broken state while reporting that the patch installed successfully.Silverlig

Unadvertise Features

Heath StewartJanuary 27, 2009Jan 27, 200901/27/09

The attached Windows Script file allows you to unadvertise features in a Windows Installer product by specifying either a ProductCode or the path to an MSP. If any features are advertised - whether incidental or intentional - the product will be reinstalled and those features added locally to your computer. Usage Repairs a Windows Installer pr

Dictionary of Windows Installer Tokens

Heath StewartJanuary 16, 2009Jan 16, 200901/16/09

If you are writing emails and specifications about Windows Installer all day, chances are your document or mail editor has plenty of squiggly red lines highlighting your presumed spelling errors like MsiPatchSequence. To not miss any actual spelling errors, I find myself double-checking and adding lots of Windows Installer terms to my custom d

Windows Installer Dictionary

Heath StewartJanuary 15, 2009Jan 15, 200901/15/09

Attached is a Unicode-encoded, English locale-sorted text file with many table, column, API, and flag tokens you can use as a spelling dictionary in many applications including Microsoft Word and Outlook email. To support Microsoft Word, Outlook email, and other Microsoft Office products, msi.zip

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Repairing Products after Patches Advertised Features

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Windows Installer Dictionary

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