I try to create an installer for my WindowsApplication. I use the Publish and it work.
I use Visual Studio 2019 and .NET Framework 4.7.2.
The problem is when i run the installer the application also run.
I want (if possible) avoid this behavior..I want to run only the installer not also the application after install.
there is some settings to define?
Thanks
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I have read similar questions on SO and other forums but can't what I want. I have obfuscated my binaries using 3rd party tools, and want to use these binaries in the setup.
Visual Studio Installer lets us choose the projects we want to deploy, and creates the installer using the outputs of those projects.
WiX creates a setup using the files I want but does not have an option to install .NET framework, if it doesn't already exists.
Is there a way I can use my own assemblies in Visual Studio Installer ? Or a similar alternative ?
EDIT:
I have already packed all dependencies in the binary. I don't want the installer to find the dependencies for linking them. I just want it to install .net (if not already installed) and place the binaries in a directory.
Not exactly the answer you'd hope for, but you mentioned WIX and dependency to .net framework. For that reason people write bootstrappers (i.e. a binary compiled to native win32) using something like Autoit which makes sure of the framework. All you may have to do is read registry key of corresponding framework and if required it pull down the file and install. Then execute the msi !
You can use the good old Visual Studio Setup Project (Installer Project) template.
To do so, you need to download the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects depending to your VS version from one of the following links:
Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2013
Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2015
Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2017 and 2019
Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022
The project could be used to deploy anything, including your project or instead of adding Project Output you can simply right click on your setup project node in solution explorer and under Add menu, add File or Assembly.
Then all dependencies will be added automatically. You can also add other files and artifacts that you need to be installed on target machine.
When setting up a Setup Project in Visual Studio 2010 and even to I removing all the prerequistes .NET 4.0 is still required on the computer that runs the Installation. Deploying with ClickOnce works but is not an option, but at least it doesn't ask for .NET 4.0.
Is there a way to create a Setup Project in Visual Studio 2010 that doesn't require .NET 4.0 on installation?
Edit
This is one of the test configurations i've tested
And this is what it looks like when I run setup.exe or the .msi
Right click on the setup project in the solution explorer -> View -> Launch Conditions and set the appropriate .NET framework version:
I have a C# application that requires .net version 4 in order to run. I know how to create a basic installer using the Visual Stuido Installer Setup Project that comes with Visual Studio and that installs my application fine, however, I can't get it to check if .net version 4 is already installed in the client machine and if not install it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I use a different approach besides this method? Purchasing a license for InstallShield is not an option as that is too expensive. Thanks
You should follow this guide on MSDN. It should tell you what you need to know about creating an installer to check for .NET 4.
The long and short of it is, if you set it as a prerequisite, the installer will check that it is installed.
I created a setup installer in vs 2010 and it is in .net Platform 3.0. Because my app is 64 bit , I also made the setup installer x64 (solution explorer-> target platform). it compiled and build fine.
when I am ready to use it, I copied this installer file to another box and run it. It complains that I need .net platform 4.0. How is it possible? How to changed it back to 3.0? How to fix this?
Sometimes Visual Studio setup automatically adds a .NET Framework launch condition to the package. So you can try this:
select your setup project in Solution Explorer
click "Launch Conditions Editor" button in Solution Explorer top pane
modify or remove the .NET Framework launch condition
I'm using Visual Studio 2010, .NET 3.5 for my project.
I'm trying to create a setup project which will also install .NET Framework 3.5 and a custom app (WinPcap) as prerequisites for my application.
I don't want to include .NET + WinPcap in setup.exe as a standalone installer.
Instead, I want to specify a local relative path for each prerequisite (like \Prerequisites\DotNet.exe) in which the installations will be contained.
This way I can still distribute my app in a 'standalone' if I wish and a minimal setup.
I've tried searching through this site and the web but I couldn't figure how to get the behavior I want.
Some guidance would be great, thanks.
This is not supported by Visual Studio. The package either has prerequisites or it doesn't have them.
A solution would be to create custom prerequisites which are downloaded from an URL. This way you can distribute a smaller installer and the prerequisites are downloaded only when needed.
Perhaps this will help you configure the prerequisites: Adding Custom prerequsites to visual studio setup project
Another solution is to build 2 separate packages: one with prerequisites and one without them.