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Building Application with conditions
Hello,
VS Novice user here, I am currently building an application in Visual Studio 2005 and looking to compile it into an EXE/MSI but need to perform "checks" prior to it installing. Here is what I require:
1 - Performing a check to see if a previous version of a program is installed (preferably via registry)
2 - Need to check if Operating System is 32 or 64 bit
3- Need to check if user has administrative privileges
What is the best way to perform these "checks"? Launch Conditions? Custom Actions?
Your help is much appreciated.
VS Novice user here, I am currently building an application in Visual Studio 2005 and looking to compile it into an EXE/MSI but need to perform "checks" prior to it installing. Here is what I require:
1 - Performing a check to see if a previous version of a program is installed (preferably via registry)
2 - Need to check if Operating System is 32 or 64 bit
3- Need to check if user has administrative privileges
What is the best way to perform these "checks"? Launch Conditions? Custom Actions?
Your help is much appreciated.
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> only one minor difference between 32 and 64 bit in my case [Installs in C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files(x86)].
There's much bigger difference: the executable itself is 64-bit.
There's much bigger difference: the executable itself is 64-bit.
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#2- This app is an add-on to a program. The only reason I would like to avoid creating separate executables is because there is only one minor difference between 32 and 64 bit in my case [Installs in C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files(x86)]. I was hoping to be able to create an IIF statement for the Program Installs Folder with an OS version check but not sure if this is possible. If there is no way around this I will go ahead and create separate exe's.
You answered #1 and #3 for me Thank You vadimrapp1