How can I set up the bootstrapper package for Windows Installer 4.5 for a ClickOnce application?

9
votes

From Prerequisites on the Publish tab, I selected the option to Download prerequisites from the same location as my application.

I got an error while publishing which gave me the following instruction:

To enable 'Download prerequisites from the same location as my application' in the Prerequisites dialog box, you must download file 'WindowsInstaller4_5\Windows6.0-KB958655-v2-x86.MSU' for item 'Windows Installer 4.5' to your local machine. For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=616018

The knowledge base article says to open the Package.xml file in the language folder (en) within WindowsInstaller4_5 and then

Locate the Name element that contains http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink, and copy the URL. Include the LinkID portion

But the package.xml file does not have any entry with http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink! Other bootstrapper folders have this entry in the package.xml file, but not WindowsInstaller4_5

Has anybody else succeeded at adding the Windows Installer 4.5 package? How did you succeed?

I am using VS2015 on Windows 10.

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3 Answers

4
votes

Beside the OS (I am on win 8.1 on my deverloper machine), i have almost the same scenario like you.

Your issue sounds like something (someone) messed up your product.xml-file.

Below you find the original content of said file, which is working for me perfectly.

Note

Before you edit the file, make sure you back up the original one!

Rootfolder -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\SDK\Bootstrapper\Packages\WindowsInstaller4_5

Filecontent

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!-- Windows Installer 4.5 VS Bootstrapper : product.xml : Language neutral information -->
<Product
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper"
    ProductCode="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.4.5">
  <!-- The package does not contain an IncludesProduct element for Windows Installer 3.1. -->
  <!-- This ommision is by design in order to achive a specific sequencing of bootstrapper packages -->
  <!-- to reduce the number of potential reboots under certain conditions. -->

  <!-- Defines list of files to be copied on build -->
  <PackageFiles CopyAllPackageFiles="false">
    <PackageFile Name="WindowsXP-KB942288-v3-x86.exe" HomeSite="Msi45XPx86exe"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
    <PackageFile Name="WindowsXP-KB958655-v2-x86-ENU.exe" HomeSite="Msi45UpdateXPx86exe"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
    <PackageFile Name="WindowsServer2003-KB942288-v4-x86.exe" HomeSite="Msi452K3x86exe"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
    <PackageFile Name="WindowsServer2003-KB958655-v2-x86-ENU.exe" HomeSite="Msi45Update2K3x86exe"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
    <PackageFile Name="WindowsServer2003-KB942288-v4-x64.exe" HomeSite="Msi45XP2K3x64exe"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
    <PackageFile Name="WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB958655-v2-x64-ENU.exe" HomeSite="Msi45UpdateXP2K3x64exe"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
    <PackageFile Name="Windows6.0-KB958655-v2-x86.MSU" HomeSite="Msi45Vistax86msu"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
    <PackageFile Name="Windows6.0-KB958655-v2-x64.MSU" HomeSite="Msi45Vistax64msu"
                 PublicKey="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"/>
  </PackageFiles>

  <InstallChecks>
    <FileCheck Property="VersionMsiDll" FileName="msi.dll" SearchPath="System32" SpecialFolder="WindowsFolder" />
  </InstallChecks>
  <!-- Defines how to invoke the setup for the Windows installer 4.5 redist -->
  <Commands Reboot="Immediate">
    <!-- Defines installation command for:
                  Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later
                  on x86 platform -->
    <Command PackageFile="WindowsXP-KB942288-v3-x86.exe"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="3327000"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsi" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="Intel" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="5.2.0" />
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.1.2" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <!-- Defer reboot until MSI 4.5 update below -->
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="Success"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>

    <Command PackageFile="WindowsXP-KB958655-v2-x86-ENU.exe"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="1506160"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsiDll" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5.6001.22299" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="Intel" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="5.2.0" />
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.1.2" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>

    <!-- Defines installation command for:
                  Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or later
                  on x86 platform -->
    <Command PackageFile="WindowsServer2003-KB942288-v4-x86.exe"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="3071512"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsi" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="Intel" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.2.0"/>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="6.0"/>
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionEqualTo" Value="5.2.0" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <!-- Defer reboot until MSI 4.5 update below -->
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="Success"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>

    <Command PackageFile="WindowsServer2003-KB958655-v2-x86-ENU.exe"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="1502584"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsiDll" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5.6001.22299" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="Intel" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.2.0"/>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="6.0"/>
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionEqualTo" Value="5.2.0" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>

    <!-- Defines installation command for:
                  Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later
                  Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or later
                  on x64 platform -->
    <Command PackageFile="WindowsServer2003-KB942288-v4-x64.exe"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="4691480"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsi" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="amd64" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="6.0"/>
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.1.2" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionEqualTo" Value="5.2.0" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <!-- Defer reboot until MSI 4.5 update below -->
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="Success"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>

    <Command PackageFile="WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB958655-v2-x64-ENU.exe"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="2904952"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsiDll" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5.6001.22299" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="amd64" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="6.0"/>
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="5.1.2" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionEqualTo" Value="5.2.0" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>

    <!-- Defines installation command for:
                  Vista RTM and later
                  Windows Server 2008 RTM and later
                  on x86 platform -->
    <Command PackageFile="Windows6.0-KB958655-v2-x86.MSU"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="1960465"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsiDll" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5.6001.22308" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="Intel" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="6.0" />
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>

    <!-- Defines installation command for:
                  Vista RTM and later
                  Windows Server 2008 RTM and later
                  on x64 platform -->
    <Command PackageFile="Windows6.0-KB958655-v2-x64.MSU"
             Arguments= "/quiet /norestart"
             EstimatedInstalledBytes="3342348"
             EstimatedInstallSeconds="120" >
      <InstallConditions>
        <BypassIf Property="VersionMsiDll" Compare="VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo" Value="4.5.6001.22308" />
        <BypassIf Property="ProcessorArchitecture" Compare="ValueNotEqualTo" Value="amd64" />
        <BypassIf Property="VersionNT" Compare="VersionLessThan" Value="6.0" />
        <FailIf Property="Version9x" Compare="ValueExists" String="InvalidPlatform"/>
        <FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="AdminRequired"/>
      </InstallConditions>
      <ExitCodes>
        <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
        <ExitCode Value="1641" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <ExitCode Value="3010" Result="SuccessReboot"/>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" String="GeneralFailure" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>
  </Commands>

  <!-- Defines Homesite locations for each of the downloads -->
  <Strings>
    <String Name="Msi45XPx86exe">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=118633</String>
    <String Name="Msi45UpdateXPx86exe">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=161053</String>
    <String Name="Msi452K3x86exe">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119115</String>
    <String Name="Msi45Update2K3x86exe">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=161054</String>
    <String Name="Msi45XP2K3x64exe">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=118636</String>
    <String Name="Msi45UpdateXP2K3x64exe">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=161055</String>
    <String Name="Msi45Vistax86msu">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=161056</String>
    <String Name="Msi45Vistax64msu">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=161057</String>
  </Strings>
</Product>
4
votes

I have same problem with VS2015 in Windows 7. Finally I found the solution downloading the install packages for the Windows Installer 4.5 and copying them into next path: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\SDK\Bootstrapper\Packages\WindowsInstaller4_5". After this, Setup project compiling worked.

It would be necessary to copy all versions of the Windows Installer 4.5 as you can see in the picture:

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2
votes

It is explicitly mentioned in the linked MSDN article:

Note

If no Name element contains http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink, open the Product.xml file in the root folder for the prerequisite and locate the fwlink string.

It is there, bottom of the file. Beware that the message you got is a bit misleading, there are a total of eight installers you have to download to your machine. Which one the user will actually use depends on his Windows version.

I would very strongly recommend that you do not do this. To the user it just doesn't make any difference if he downloads the installer from the Microsoft server or from yours. Except for one gritty detail, if he actually needs the installer then he's not keeping his machine updated with Windows Update.

That's pretty unlikely these days, thank heavens, but if you encounter such a user then he'll be, how do I say this gracefully..., a major pain in your rear end. He'll expect you to provide support when there is any issue getting this installer deployed since it was your machine that provided it. And necessarily so, he can't get support from Microsoft. Realistically you cannot provide such support either, you have no idea what shape the machine is in.