Visual Studio Setup

Installation and containerization of the Visual Studio family of products

January 2009 - Visual Studio Setup

Repairing Products after Patches Advertised Features

January 28, 2009 Jan 28, 2009 01/28/09
Heath Stewart
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....

Unadvertise Features

January 27, 2009 Jan 27, 2009 01/27/09
Heath Stewart
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 ...

Dictionary of Windows Installer Tokens

January 16, 2009 Jan 16, 2009 01/16/09
Heath Stewart
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 ...

Windows Installer Dictionary

January 15, 2009 Jan 15, 2009 01/15/09
Heath Stewart
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, Extract this anywhere but I recommend placing it in ...