Wix Burn 3.6 RTM, still installing .NET 4.5 Beta

2
votes

I'm using WiX Burn to lay down .NET 4.5. It seems really straightforward from the documentation, How To: Install the .NET Framework Using Bur.

My installer is dead simple:

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension">
    <Bundle Name="My App"
            Version="1.0.0.0"
            Manufacturer="My Company"
            UpgradeCode="My GUID-4fa299bf4589"
            IconSourceFile="My Icon File" >
        <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" >
            <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication
                SuppressOptionsUI="yes"
                LicenseFile="License.rtf"
                LogoFile="Installer_Banner.bmp"/>
        </BootstrapperApplicationRef>

        <Chain>
            <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx45Web" />
            <MsiPackage
                DisplayName="My App Name"
                SourceFile="myMSI.msi"></MsiPackage>
        </Chain>
    </Bundle>
</Wix>

But when I run the generated EXE file it wants to install .NET 4.5 beta. I've got WiX 3.6.3303 which is RTM and Visual Studio 2012 RTM. How can I fix this problem?

1
wixbootstrapper
The source code src\ext\NetFxExtension\wixlib\NetFx4.5.wxs points to go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=223706 but it should point to go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=225704 according to Microsoft. Currently I see no way around this aside from re-compiling the source but I'm not an expert. – DaveO

1 Answers

1
votes

The correct URLs for NETFX v4.5 are used in WiX v3.8. It was a mistake that the URLs were not updated sooner.