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Asked: 2026-05-15T16:10:50+00:00

I’ve got a solution with many projects and WIX setup project. I’m using WIX

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I’ve got a solution with many projects and WIX setup project. I’m using WIX 3.5.

One project (that is referenced from WIX setup project) contains a reference (an ordinary reference in VS) to:

C:\Program Files\WPF Toolkit\v3.5.50211.1\WPFToolkit.dll

(simply: setup project — reference –> another project in solution — reference –> WPFToolkit.dll; note that the “references” are not the same – the first one is some kind of WIX specific reference and the other is ordinary reference in Visual Studio)

I thought that maybe the line (automatically generated) in setup project:

<ComponentGroupRef Id="Product.Generated" />

may solve it for me (i.e. includes also WPFToolkit.dll in installer) but it doesn’t.

Obviously, I can add the file manually in my wxs file but it will be harder for maintenance.

Is there a better solution?
Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want your install project to be more extensible when adding new WiX Files to a Component, I would suggest to create an external tool (could be a c# console app) to handle the WiX Files generation and add them to your install project. This tool can have a config file where you can setup which WiX Files correspond to each Component.

    This tool can be added to an Automated Build process.

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