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Christopher Nuccio
Christopher Nuccio

Reputation: 606

Wix - How do I launch another MSI (or EXE) inside my installer? (C#)

I need to run another installer that is a requirement to be able to run my application. How would I launch the other installer, or provide an option to inside of my Wix Installer?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2033

Answers (1)

PhilDW
PhilDW

Reputation: 20790

If that other installer is a prerequisite then normal practice is to install it via the Burn bootstrapper, installing prerequisites and then your MSI product. There are a number of reasons why this is better, the main one perhaps that you cannot safely install an MSI-based setup from your MSI (because recursive MSI installs don't work).

If it is a prerequisite then it wouldn't be optional, so perhaps more detail is needed.

If you just need to run a program from your setup then look at custom actions. Without a more detailed description it's hard to say where or when would be the best implementaion.

Upvotes: 6

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