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January 2006 - Posts

Developer Division Servicing Site Launched

A new site has launched on MSDN for the DDCPX team about servicing Visual Studio and the .NET Framework.
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Setup.exe Bootstrap Sample and APPVER

The setup.exe bootstrap example in the Windows Installer SDK won't run on versions of Windows below the minimum subsystem version set in the PE header.
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Why is My Feature Advertised?

Removing a component even through obsolescence or supersedence will cause patched features to appear advertised instead of installed, which causes them to not be patched.

Suppressing Console Windows for Custom Actions

How to suppress console windows for EXE custom actions.
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Waiting to Install

How to wait for a previous install session to finish instead of failing a concurrent install.
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Windows Live Favorites Now More Useful

About the new Windows Live Favorites add-in for the MSN Search Toolbar.
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Error 2262: Not Necessarily a Fatal Error

How to determine the source of Windows Installer error 2262.

Guidelines for COM Interoperability from .NET (Update 1)

Updated guidelines for COM interoperability with .NET with new types available with .NET 2.0.
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Why is Mscoree.lib So Old?

Explanation of why the time stamp of mscoree.lib predates the release of .NET 2.0 in the Platform SDK directories in Visual Studio 8.
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