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Registering .exe files

Have a vendor MSI (extrated from their setup). It has two exe files which need to be registered, as the MSI is not doing it.

Using Installshield, I can view the properties of the files, but self registration is greyed out.

Using Wise, I can get the files to register, but when I run the MSI, they don't shut down after registration, therfore stopping the install until they've been closed.

Once closing them, the install runs through and the app fucntions perfectly and as required.

Any quick ideas how to get around this?

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Posted by: anonymous_9363 16 years ago
Red Belt
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Normally, COM-registering EXEs have a switch '/regserver' to perform just the registration. Are you running the EXE with this switch or just running it as-is?
Posted by: Blue_Demon 16 years ago
Orange Senior Belt
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At a dos promt, if I type the .exe name then /register the file registers and the app works perfectly. I need to do this post installation.


Is it best to maybe create a custom action which runs a VB script to do this? Just looking for the neatest way of doing it.

Thanks.
Posted by: anonymous_9363 16 years ago
Red Belt
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You don't need to bother with a script. Just set the CA to run the installed EXE and add the switch. Having said that, for recalcitrant EXEs, I have a script which executes the relevant EXE with the switch and then checks that the relevant registry entries were created.
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