Is it possible to create a setup file(MSI) in visual studio 2019 community edition

Paul, Dolon - 1

I have doubt on that since i have tried multiple times to create a setup file and everytime it is failed to find the project output. Please help

karthick GM 1 Reputation point

2021-06-15T15:03:03.573+00:00

Working nice but while we use "CefSharp ChromiumWebBrowser" (WPF application) in any page, error throws like geiven below.
Is there any solution?

Error throws like below:

System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException: 'The invocation of the constructor on type 'CefSharp.Wpf.ChromiumWebBrowser' that matches the specified binding constraints threw an exception.' Line number '80' and line position '34'. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll' or one of its dependencies. The specified module could not be found.

at CefSharp.Cef.get_IsInitialized()

at CefSharp.Wpf.ChromiumWebBrowser.NoInliningConstructor()

at CefSharp.Wpf.ChromiumWebBrowser..ctor()

Thanks in advance.

1 answer

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 27,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-02-04T04:23:32.7+00:00
Hi @Paul, Dolon - ,

If you mean Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects, to create it in Visual Studio 2019 Community, the main steps are usually like:

1). Go to Extensions > Manage Extensions > Online > Search, find, download and install Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects extension.

2). Add a new Setup Project in your solution > right-click Application Folder > Add > Project Output… > choose the corresponding Project > select Primary output > OK.

3). Right-click the primary output item that you added just now > choose Create Shortcut to … > drag the newly added item(shortcut) from Application Folder to User’s Desktop

4). Rebuild Setup Project > Go to your Setup Project’s folder > you will see .msi file.

For your issue: “it is failed to find the project output”, could you share some screenshots and the process(operations) of generating a Setup Project with me for further check?

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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Paul, Dolon - 1 Reputation point

2021-02-27T03:52:59.087+00:00

Thanks for your response.
the primary output section is blank for my case.

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 27,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-03-01T05:45:59.5+00:00

Hi @Paul, Dolon - , what kind of project do you use? If you only create a setup project in one solution, you need to create(prepare) a project first and then make a setup project for it.

Lalith 161 Reputation points

2021-11-15T11:18:55.167+00:00

@Paul, Dolon - how to make this msi installer not require admin credentials while installation for a standard user?

Talha Ahmed 1 Reputation point

2022-01-11T07:55:38.52+00:00

Hi, TianyuSun-MSFT
Can you please tell me how to resolve the publisher unknown while installing our application with the .msi file of setup installer.
actually I sign the Console application with a trusted certificate and then I added the published file of my console application into setup installer but the problem is still there and the setup installer status is still publisher unknown.

Dhwani Trivedi 0 Reputation points

2023-03-23T14:05:21.5366667+00:00

Hello, @Tianyu Sun-MSFT ,

Thank you for sharing the steps for configure right to have MSI for my WPF desktop app.

Although, I've one question: I use visual studio 2019 to work with my app. when my app is ready, I change config manager setting from debug to release .After that when I build my project, it create new MSI under setup/bin/release/*.msi. I can install this MSI to my laptop and as soon as I try to run I get error : "-101030 : An error occurred to connect with database. Config initialize failed"

Do you know what get change between having DEBUG and Release config manger option?

Because it works fine with Debug MSI as expected but not able to run the app with RELEASE MSI.

Any help is big help.

Thank you.
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