Question regarding deployment

[Ken Cattanach]

Hi,

I have a setup project and I am wondering what the simplest way is to get
windows installer to ask the user to restart the computer at the end of
installation. I can't see any option in the setup project properties for
this.

Also - we are using the .Net Framework and I am wondering where I can get
the .NET Framework redistributable (Dotnetfx.exe) from.

Thanks in Advance.

Ken.

[Tian Min Huang]

Hello Ken,

Thanks for your post.

To control system restarts, you must use Orca (a Microsoft Windows
Installer Development Tool) to modify the property table of the Microsoft
Windows Installer file that is created when you build your setup project.
Orca is included with Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK).
Please refer to the KB article below for detailed information:

HOW TO: Control System Restarts in a Setup Project That You Created by
Using Visual Studio .NET
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827020

we are using the .Net Framework and I am wondering where I can get the

..NET Framework redistributable (Dotnetfx.exe) from.

You can download Dotnetfx.exe or from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site
at http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/.
Alternately, you can get the redistributable package on a product CD or
DVD. Dotnetfx.exe is available on the .NET Framework SDK CD in the
dotNETRedist directory in the CD's root directory. It is available on the
Visual Studio .NET Windows Component Update CD in the dotNetFramework
directory, and on the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET DVD in the
\wcu\dotNetFramework directory.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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