Download vs_setup.msi for visual studio 2010

This is because most installers do not set ARPINSTALLLOCATION property to the value of TARGETDIR during installation.

Unfortunately, this also includes Visual Studio setup projects.

What I was looking for, was an easy solution to automate this tasks (rather than editing them with ORCA or any other tool), and I eventually came up with a post-build event that updates the MSI database directly.

Fortunately, I had a similar script in place from an earlier setup, so adjusting it was quite easy.

All you have to do is calling the script during the post-build event of your setup project.

I didnt fancy trying to work out what Orca is (it seems to frequently crop up in discussion around MSI packages).

I just use Visual Studio 2008 and expected the basics like installation locations to be handled out of the box without having to learn a new application so this is a really helpful little script.

Isnt the PostBuildEvent for when Visual Studio has finished building the project And that has been my experience with it.

The script is only called during the build process not when the installation is actually run.

Im unsure how you would pass the script the install location, but the script can obtain that for itself so not need to be passed anything.

Download Vs_Setup.Msi For Visual Studio 2010