Changes in Driver Installation with Windows 8.1?
For the last year, we have been installing our configuration only INF driver for a USB device using this: rundll32 syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 MyInf.inf The advantage of...
View ArticleKudos to Ulrich!
I have been using Setup Factory for a few years as a replacement for InstallShield. InstallShield customer support was not only expensive, but also time consuming and utterly useless, since the Indian...
View ArticlePnPUnattend Registry Path?
Since I cannot do a silent install with PnPUtil (it shows the trust dialog), I am looking to use PnPUNattend: - Add a required registry pointer to the directory containing the INF and signed CAT files...
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VB6 application will not install on Windows 8.1
I have a VB6 application that my customer has been using for a decade. She recently got a laptop running Windows 8.1 (64-bit). Whenever we attempt to run the installer it fails to load key VB6 runtime...
View ArticleVC++ 2010 Sp1 fails OS Dependency under Windows 8.1 ... at times
I have two similar installer for related SKUs that install VC++ 2010 SP1 x86. They use the same module. On Windows 8.1, one works, the other fails due an insufficient version. Puzzling... Since we...
View Articlegetting CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA folder path
Hi In setup factory is there a way to get the path for CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA ? I can only see the session variable for CSIDL_APPDATA i.e. %ApplicationDataFolder% Thanks Peter
View Articlechange a file inside a precompiled installer package
Hello i have an program tha has packaged with setupstudio i wand to change a specific image inside (logo) so i have setup ready with my logo any idea how to chagne a file inside a allready setup.exe ?...
View Articleuninstall action
hey there, I need to make a folder.deletetree action in the uninstaller part that wil go to c:\users\[username]\appdata\locallow\[requestedfolder] How can I write it generically? every computer that...
View ArticleSilent Install Madness
My Silent Install is broken. It only passes one parameter, a user serialnumber. Setup.ini has something like this: [SetupValues] %UserSerialNumber%=emx100005b1 In preinstall, I have this local...
View Articlesubmit a email
Hi Specialist's i have a question, can i send a eMail with the user informations who install my software? I'm so sorry for my bad english, it's not my native Language. Best regards Chris
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SF9 Setting a password on a published exe file...
Running into a frustrating issue and getting no real help other than finger pointing. Using Bitdefender on the computer. Using SF v9.5... Generate a new .exe and Bitdefender will not allow it to pass....
View ArticleIs it possible to align text to right in setup factory?
I check the software "setup factory" to see if it is suitable for creating software installation for my program. But I have to align all the texts to right. RTL Language. Is it possible? Because I did...
View ArticleUse one install multiple times to different folders (side-by-side)
Hi, I can do an install twice, to different folder names, and using different shortcut folder names, but the desktop shortcuts are replaced with the last install, and the uninstall is replaced by the...
View ArticleUninstall.exe
Hey, I have an older version of Setup factory In that version, When you try to execute uninstall.exe from the folder of the installed product, you get an error. I was wondering why this happens and...
View Articledrive option
drive option I use setup factory 9 and have in recent times several request due to incorrect installations and since the question arises why? the only drive that is properly installed, the drive c: \...
View ArticleHow do I Take Ownership of an existing file
In my SF9.5 project, I'm trying to take ownership of an existing file, so I can replace it with a different one. I know how to do it manually by going to File Properties, Security tab, Advanced, Owner...
View Articletimestamp server cannot reached
Hi all, Hi Ulrich, i have now again a question from Signing my Setup. I have DL and Installed KSign. And create a cert. Now i like Sign my Setup.exe but if i like Signing so i have a Error. Time Stamp...
View ArticleWarning 7250: Warning: Failed to write permissions manifest to setup w/ Avast...
When I have Avast Anti-Virus running, almost every project I write will give me the this warning: Warning 7250: Warning: Failed to write permissions manifest to setup. If I disable Avast for 10 minutes...
View Articledumb question about if statement
I feel really dumb asking this question, but for some reason I am not getting the syntax correct on this simple script: if ("%AppFolder%"=="") then DlgStaticText.SetProperties(CTRL_STATICTEXT_TOPINS...
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