I have a problem, I am trying to build an msi setup for windows C# based application. Its a windows desktop application. When I build the setup using the Visual studio 2010, its successful its working but whenever I use Advanced Installer its giving me an error. It jumps to middle of the application and generates an error. Here is what I am doing:
I have configured the first part, means the application information clearly using the tutorial. Here is a link to the tutorial:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/tutorial-professional.html
In application folder, I added the whole release folder,[ I have built my application in the release folder]
I have made a shortcut too for the executable file.
It builds successfully but when I run it, its giving me error after the installation?
The reason I am using Advanced Installer is that I need some customized prerequisites and also check the registry for certain values. And I think Advanced Installer gives these options. Any other options would also be appreciated.
I figured out the error. The error was when I was making shortcut to the executable on desktop folder in the Advance Installer, I was renaming it to some name, taking the .exe extention truncated all the time. But it was weird that it was running but not working. I kept the name with the proper extension. Now its working 🙂 –Make sure that you don’t remove the extension .exe of the shortcut you make either in the desktop folder or any other folder you access.