How to Create an MSI Installer in Visual Studio?

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I've got a C# project in Visual Studio code, and I've installed the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects extension. But, when I right-click on the project and click Build (from the Release), the .MSI file is not created. I'm not sure why. I think it might have something to do with the configuration manager saying that MSI Setup Incompatible. The strange thing is, I was able to get the MSI file created on a different computer, but when I started doing development on this one, it won't get created.

Do you have any ideas how I can get the MSI file created? Thanks in advance! enter image description here

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I think you have to select a specific CPU/platform for your Setup projects. So, you'll need to create separate configs for each platform to distribute (x86, x64, etc.) – Adrian Mole
That was part of my problem - I needed to choose x86 for the platform. Thanks. – BigDataFiles

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I got it to create the MSI file. Here's what I did:

  1. Downloaded a fresh copy of the project from Gitlab.
  2. Opened the Configuration Manager and checkmarked the Build box in the Setup entry. enter image description here
  3. Selected the x86 platform from the drop-down and Release from the build-type drop-down.
  4. Right-clicked on the Setup folder and chose Rebuild Solution (before I was right-clicking on the Project and choosing Rebuild solution).enter image description here