Create a MSI/Setup package for C# with WiX Toolset

[@dirkvanbeveren5042]

I had to release today without any prior knowledge of Wix. This Video Walked me through like butter. Awesome vid!

[@arglebargle17]

Excellent video. You put more in 28 minutes of tutorial than most others can't do in hours.

[@thomasca]

You're gonna need to create an update video of this for Visual Studio 2019.

[@duncancarr7822]

Got tasked with this yesterday. This video turned my nightmare into happiness. It helped so much I can't tell you. Thank you so much.

[@simphiwemsimango5153]

Great tutorial. It would be nice of you to also add part for other dependencies such as having a .NET Framework installation packaged together with the setup just in case this will be used on a clean Windows machine that doesn't have a .NET Framework installed. But this is a very good tutorial, I could follow from the start until the end.

[@urvikshroff]

I was searching for a startup video and this is the best one.

[@reeshabhchoudhary5112]

Very helpful video on Wix Installer. Thank you so much. Everything explained in a detailed manner. Much needed video. Thank you again!

[@levinjaytagapan4213]

Every time I forgot wix toolset setup, i search for this video. very useful :)

[@briantoner2215]

The only way to go through this is to do it step my step, as it hangs together very nicely. Dont be tempted to gloss over anything. Also, its a bit fast in places, particularly if you are refamilarising with the Visual Studio, but thats what the pause and rewind is for. I have quite a few complex installations to manage, so this was a great introduction to WIX.

[@ssmcs060]

finally one on youtube !!! wow!!! videos on developing CustomBA(MBA) with wpf UI ,please boss.

[@Mesta-automation]

Hi, thanks for the comment. Unfortunately MBA is quite a niche argument and it will take some time to build samples: Maybe I will do a video about it, but I can't promise anything.

[@ssmcs060]

I have done some bare MBA using WixWpf!!!

[@piechulla1966]

Bug at 8:21 Change to and to Effect: Shortcut uninstall now works for me! I run the newest version of WiX v3.

[@selvatony]

Great one to begin with WIX. I have watched till the end and I have got fair idea of WIX. This is awesome to a WIX beginner. Thanks so much.

[@TeaAndCreampie]

dude u are the best. these tutorials make it so easy to follow. thank you so much man! keep up the amazing work

[@northshorepx]

Thank you. This is an excellent video showing everything you need to to start with WIX. I do hope you do another one showing how to do custom UIs please.

[@yinxming]

Very useful demo, we are considering using Wix to replace some old wise packaged tools.

[@frozenprakash]

Was super helpful to create an entire setup project for VSTO, Thank you.

[@Chiramisudo]

Exceptional tutorial. Thanks so much for the incredibly in-depth overview.

[@leolombardi]

Just on thing missing, you need to donwload "WiX Toolset Visual Studio Extension 1.0.0.4" to be able to create the WIX Setup Project the creates

[@trisnajulian7888]

Thanks you for this clear tutorial. Tested on visual studio 2019 community.

[@dmytroshchotkin2939]

Thanks. It's still perfectly valid in 2020.

[@johnnyjorgensen]

VERY good tutorial that covers most of the basic things you want to do with your installer! Thank you very much! (y)

[@kirklewskis]

Doesn't work under VS 2017. WiX installed, WaX installed , yet WaX comming with a no files in the window.

[@fs7fd745]

It is good if you can also make video with WIX INSTALLER sql server setup auto install when install application .

[@RafaelFerreira182]

Great tutorial man, thanks and hugs from brazil :)

[@vaibhawpratapsingh6164]

I want to create a setup application which can have 3 application or more embedded in one setup and the installation should take place on depending upon selection of application by user. Suppose I have 3 application "OIV", "KDL" and "IOC" built in using MFC and VC++. Now when user install this application using setup it should popup a dialog and gives three checkbox for selection. User can select one or more checkbox and those application should get installed with there shortcuts.

[@jovicamilenovic2899]

A reference to WixUIExtension is needed for the WixUI_Minimal GUI

[@settleduncle]

best beginner's video. thanks for your great vid. helped me to jump start on Wix. excellent. more videos of Wix pls.

[@gonzalovaca6735]

great video! just one detail, the audio is too low.

[@lokeshkumarchikkala5292]

Excellent video

[@ehinolakingsley4000]

Thanks. I really enjoyed your tutorial. One question please, what if I want to design my own personal xaml interface for installation. Can u kindly make a tutorial on that.

[@Futemire]

Thanks, this helped me to get started with WiX.

[@AbhishekSharma-el3us]

Good explanation, Thanks...............

[@TheManChise]

Nice job..Very simple..

[@flachy7]

You have +1 sub and like. Beautiful tut. Finally i found that's i needed

[@Mesta-automation]

Thanks man, really appreciate it.

[@jeevanchaudhari1436]

i am not able to download the full setup can you please give proper link

[@sidharthvaikunthe]

Hi, i need to check (not install) if the prerequisite are available on the user machine. How can I achieve this?

[@zeeshanayub9706]

Very helpful tutorial, thanks for making it

[@FunkyVader]

Thanks, great instructions, very straight forward!

[@TruthSeeker1608]

Thank you very much, great tutorial. Very useful !

[@claudiufarcas]

simple GUIDs directly from VS... menu Tools - Create GUID.

[@egeveke]

yeah weird....

[@The5StringFury]

Just what I needed. Thanks!

[@govindsaini5600]

How do I collect installation data (User registration eg username,password,email etc.) and send it to my web server? during installation setup(Dialog) => with WiX Toolset

[@erikagiraldo6088]

Awesome tutorial. Thank you !!! :)

[@azzaashry5267]

Excellent good video, keep gone

[@wakorz]

thanks man great tuto, how can i add .net framework to my package to be sure it will be installed if it doesn't exist on client machine please

[@Mesta-automation]

This stackoverflow thread should help you: stackoverflow.com/questions/13513664/how-to-install-net-4-5-with-a-wix-bundle

[@Aik2029]

thanks ingush, very useful

[@Deekudla]

How to check if IIS component is already installed or not? I wish to provide prompt to user

[@TheSagarSai]

Great Tutorial. Thank You so much.!!

[@JKhalaf]

Thanks for this. I'm trying to follow along with Visual Studio 2019, but I cannot. At 03:12 when I go to Tools in VS 2019, I don't see that WiX Setup Editor even though I have the Wix Toolset Visual Studio 2019 Extension installed.

[@r00tead0]

You need download this extension marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TomEnglert.Wax . i'm not sure if this works in all Visual Studio versions, but, you dont lose nothing trying it. Good luck

[@sikamikan]

great video and article, thank you

[@amarnathreddysurapureddy9111]

is it possible to create msi with wix. if it is possible please any body suggest me.

[@shnitsarv]

Really good job. Thank you.

[@shashanck84]

thanks for the video...best for beginners

[@bhushanrane7459]

What if I want to add some external dependent exe, and they have to install automatically,? Definetly it should ask!

[@howardtaylor2405]

Really good job. I have some strange behavior. I am using VS2017 and Wix v3.11. I spent all day yesterday trying to get my shortcuts to point to the correct path - numerous tries. Suddenly this morning they have the correct path. WTF?? Same thing with the , simply didn't come up but suddenly this morning it does BUT it doesn't use my images. I cannot get the to work. The build leaves the cab file out but when I run the install it complains about the missing cab file. Do you have a video that shows how to tell the install to go get the .Net framework and Crystal Reports runtime from the vendor's location? Thanks for your video.

[@projectproject904]

hi could you please tell me where to look for wix setup editor in VS2017?

[@queuetest]

helped me a lot. thanks man.

[@FracturedPixel]

I am getting a root xml issue when trying to re-open the setup editor

[@urvikshroff]

I need something like it sees that .net framework is installed or not on pc and if not then install one through the installer package. I've seen wix bundle but it ain't helped me properly. Anyone can link some other link will be helpful. This link is great but it don't have the bundle topic

[@victorchen8589]

Its help me a lot,thanks!

[@projectproject904]

hi this a very handy tutorial!yet I'm not able to find the "wix setup editor" in Visual studio 2017!! please help me

[@urvikshroff]

github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/tag/wix3111rtm Check this link. take wix311.exe/wix311.exe.zip from the github. The link kinda changed. All the best :)

[@pawciooo3918]

Element error '.', Hex value 0x00, is an invalid character. Corexy Install light.exe 0

[@lesamjames]

Thank you!

[@iliyabogomya5203]

great tutorial , i'm can created setup.exe from scratch , thank you for video!!!)

[@ajinkyarasal5965]

where can i find wix setup editor in visual studio 2017.I couldn't find it under Tools tab

[@theredstoneritsme]

Extras -> Wix Setup Editor

[@MajinHico]

Is it possible to do all of this without Visual Studio bloatware?

[@Mesta-automation]

You can use the wix cli, I was using it with cake in a build script and it worked.

[@MajinHico]

@@Mesta-automation Thank you for your replay and tutorial!

[@AnjanKant]

Your create desktop icon is not clear.

[@LuizAntonio_Gameplay]

create in sharpdevelop

[@vladimirvarf5165]

Как теперь это использовать для vs 2022?

[@fraxattacks6824]

"This is not the reference we were looking for." I found this funny >.C

[@joanamarierocacorba7787]

windows xp sp2? it is working?

[@AnjanKant]

excellent!

[@whatohyou01]

30+minutes to make an installer... I used windows installer it took about 5 min to build one.

[@joshuakasule8256]

thanks man

[@rogerfar]

No audio.

[@nadiatijahi6468]

Merci bcp

[@VooDooIV]

merci mon pote

[@TheMiracleMatter]

good tut... But fix your goddamn volume man; it's so low I have to max it out when my A/C is running!

[@BOTDimitri]

perfect

[@Dienes]

This is fine.

[@piechulla1966]

13:58 Crazy. I have no idea why this worked in v3.10, v3.11 gives "interesting" results. According to the documentation, this has to be 493 x 312 pixels. WTF? With v3.11I see a 312 x 493 bitmap stretched over the whole dialog width. Orientation is ok. Seems to be a regression in v3.11 -- has anyone made similar observations?

[@piechulla1966]

Ok, works. Did not understand that it spans the whole background.

[@mahdisalmanzadeh7875]

perfect it was ^_^

[@attitudeadjuster793]

Crank up the audio mate, good vid otherwise.

[@GustavoBosch]

Great Tutorial. Thanks a lot!