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Michael Kaden


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Dear Andrei,

I am trying to do a setup using "Project/Add in Express/Create a setup project"

I am running VS 2017 Community Edition

I have installed "WIX Toolset Visual Studio 2017 Extension" and Microsoft "Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects" and both show at Extensions and Updates as installed.

However in VS under File / New Projects / other project types, also NO installer is shown.

In "Project/Add in Express/Create a setup project" the radio buttons for "Visual Studio Installer" and "WiX" are still disabled.

tried rebooting, reinstallation etc. with no effect.

Read the manual pages 197 - 258 several times, but could not find the answer.

Please help, what am I missing?

Thank you and kind regards

Michael
Posted 16 Aug, 2018 11:43:50 Top
Andrei Smolin


Add-in Express team


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Hello Michael,

Please choose Help | About in the main menu of the Visual Studio IDE to open the About dialog. Are these installers listed there?


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 17 Aug, 2018 00:45:17 Top
Michael Kaden


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Posted 17 Aug, 2018 02:09:22 Top
Michael Kaden


Guest


Sorry my answer got somehow lost only the pictures are there,

Hello Andrei,

the extensions are NOT listed in Help about, only in Tools - Extensions as seen above.

only this is there:

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.6.6
VisualStudio.15.Release/15.6.6+27428.2037
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.7.02558

Installed Version: Community

Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and .NET v8.9.4453
Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and .NET. For more information about Add-in Express?Â?Ô??, see the following website: http://www.add-in-express.com. Copyright © Add-in Express. All rights reserved.

Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package 8.11.10402.2
Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017 15.0.40314.0
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017

C# Tools 2.7.0-beta3-62715-05. Commit Hash: db02128e6e3c4bdfc93e6ec425ac9162b4d4fe80
C# components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.

Common Azure Tools 1.10
Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.

JavaScript Language Service 2.0
JavaScript Language Service

JavaScript Project System 2.0
JavaScript Project System

JavaScript UWP Project System 2.0
JavaScript UWP Project System

Microsoft JVM Debugger 1.0
Provides support for connecting the Visual Studio debugger to JDWP compatible Java Virtual Machines

Microsoft MI-Based Debugger 1.0
Provides support for connecting Visual Studio to MI compatible debuggers

Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package 1.0
Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package

NuGet Package Manager 4.6.0
NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit http://docs.nuget.org/.

ProjectServicesPackage Extension 1.0
ProjectServicesPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

TypeScript Tools 15.6.20202.3
TypeScript Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

Visual Basic Tools 2.7.0-beta3-62715-05. Commit Hash: db02128e6e3c4bdfc93e6ec425ac9162b4d4fe80
Visual Basic components used in the IDE. Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used.

Visual Studio Code Debug Adapter Host Package 1.0
Interop layer for hosting Visual Studio Code debug adapters in Visual Studio

Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows Apps 15.0.27428.01
The Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows apps allow you to build a single universal app experience that can reach every device running Windows 10: phone, tablet, PC, and more. It includes the Microsoft Windows 10 Software Development Kit.


Thank you and kind regards

Michael
Posted 17 Aug, 2018 02:15:22 Top
Andrei Smolin


Add-in Express team


Posts: 18791
Joined: 2006-05-11
Michael,

I have the very same extensions installed. In the About dialog, I see that you miss this extension: WiX Toolset Visual Studio Extension version 0.9.21.62588. Also update your VS 2017; mine is 15.7.3.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 17 Aug, 2018 04:46:23 Top
Michael Kaden


Guest


Thank you Andrei,

I upgraded to VS Version 15.8.0 with the following effects:

On start up a Warning
The "Visual Studio Windows Frame Telemetry Package" package did not load correctly


Opening Tools/Extensions and Updates gives a warning:
The "settings Store Synchronization Delayed Init Package" package did not load correctly

Cannot Uninstall the VS Installer or the WiX Installer from Tools/Extensions and Updates - it schedules for uninstall but is still there after restart.

The installers do not show in the Help about, actually the list has become much shorter, see:


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017
Version 15.8.0
VisualStudio.15.Release/15.8.0+28010.0
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.7.02558

Installed Version: Community

Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and .NET v8.9.4453
Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and .NET. For more information about Add-in Express?Â?Ô??, see the following website: http://www.add-in-express.com. Copyright © Add-in Express. All rights reserved.

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017 15.0.40314.0
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2017

Common Azure Tools 1.10
Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.

JavaScript Language Service 2.0
JavaScript Language Service

JavaScript Project System 2.0
JavaScript Project System

Microsoft JVM Debugger 1.0
Provides support for connecting the Visual Studio debugger to JDWP compatible Java Virtual Machines

Microsoft MI-Based Debugger 1.0
Provides support for connecting Visual Studio to MI compatible debuggers

Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package 1.0
Microsoft Visual Studio VC Package

ProjectServicesPackage Extension 1.0
ProjectServicesPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info

TypeScript Tools 15.6.20202.3
TypeScript Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows Apps 15.0.27428.01
The Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows apps allow you to build a single universal app experience that can reach every device running Windows 10: phone, tablet, PC, and more. It includes the Microsoft Windows 10 Software Development Kit.


I send you the Visual Studio installation report to the support email.
Posted 17 Aug, 2018 07:54:50 Top
Andrei Smolin


Add-in Express team


Posts: 18791
Joined: 2006-05-11
Andrei Smolin writes:
In the About dialog, I see that you miss this extension: WiX Toolset Visual Studio Extension version 0.9.21.62588.


I should have been more specific: you need to download and install that Visual Studio Extension; download it from http://wixtoolset.org/releases/. Also download and install WiX 3.11.

I have no idea what to do to make Visual Studio Installer work in this case.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 17 Aug, 2018 08:32:54 Top