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March 11, 2017Mar 11, 201703/11/17One of the top requests I kept hearing for vswhere was to also search older versions of Visual Studio. You can now do that starting with the latest release.
[code gutter=”false”]vswhere -legacy -latest -property installationPath[/code]
Even if you don’t have Visual Studio 2017 or newer installed –
January 25, 2017Jan 25, 201701/25/17To make the new setup configuration APIs more accessible to developers, we have published the “VSSetup” PowerShell module on powershellgallery.com, making it quick and easy to install.
If you have Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 or newer –
December 18, 2015Dec 18, 201512/18/15Many years ago when PowerShell was first in beta, I saw an opportunity to write cmdlets that I could string together in different ways rather than writing and maintaining a bunch of one-off Windows scripts for various day-to-day tasks and customer diagnostics.
July 3, 2013Jul 3, 201307/3/13Yesterday I released servicing update 2.2.1, which updates 2.2.0 to fix a few bugs and add a few cool new features:
April 7, 2008Apr 7, 200804/7/08While developing unit and functional tests for Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions, I needed a way to invoke cmdlets without requiring elevation on Vista. That is, of course, because running elevated has always been a bad idea unless it is required.
March 15, 2008Mar 15, 200803/15/08For my Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions, I’ve been simplifying some of the use cases and adding additional formats. One thing I wanted to do was display source list information in a table and group either by the attached ProductCode or PatchCode properties.
February 8, 2008Feb 8, 200802/8/08Binder variables in WiX are variables that are resolved, coincidentally, at bind time. This is when the linker, light.exe, collects file information, assigns auto-GUIDs, and generates the output packages among other things. There are binder variables for all versioned binaries,
May 18, 2007May 18, 200705/18/07To write an installer for your PowerShell snap-in, the PowerShell documentation instructs you to extend the PSSnapIn or CustomPSSnapIn class. When you add your snap-in assembly to the Custom Action view in a Windows Installer Project in Visual Studio,
April 10, 2007Apr 10, 200704/10/07I have released Windows Installer PowerShell Extensions 1.0 beta, complete with an installer package. I have also added a couple of cmdlets, and format and type configurations for a good out-of-the-box experience when using the cmdlets Get-MSIProductInfo,
March 14, 2007Mar 14, 200703/14/07Some time back I mentioned in a comment I was working on some PowerShell extensions for Windows Installer. Actually, it was a long time ago and I’ve spent more time learning the “ins” and “outs” of PowerShell (mostly the “ins”
