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Installing Merge Modules from C# Windows Form Application (not using a setup and deployment project)

Installing Merge Modules from C# Windows Form Application (not using a setup
and deployment project)
Hi,
Currently, we have an InstallShield project that creates a setup.exe that
only installs 20 or so merge modules. It does nothing else. We then have
our own custom, C# Windows Form application that installs our software
applications. It does this by copying files, creating registry keys, etc.

So what I'm trying to do is get rid of the separate InstallShield setup.exe.
We want one setup application that installs both the merge modules we need
and our software applications.

Is there any way to run/install merge modules from a C# Windows Form
application? We are not and cannot use a Setup and Deployment Project to do
this.

Thanks.
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