Starting with Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft stopped offering its internal Setup project template, instead going with a third-party version from Flexera Software called InstallShield Limited Edition.

When trying to install a package in Visual Studio Installer, we get an error stating that the operation has failed. Since it hinders our workflow, we need to find a ...

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Microsoft has released the newest edition of company's integrated development environment (IDE) - Visual Studio 2017. The software suite is now available for public download and brings several ...

Microsoft today introduced a new installer to make it easier to code with the No. 1 programming language, Java, in the No. 1 development environment, Visual Studio Code. With the rise in popularity of ...

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A Visual Studio Code Installer for Java seeks to smooth the process for Java developers to use Microsoft's popular Visual Studio Code lightweight code editor. Setup for Java development in VS Code is ...

Microsoft today released Visual Studio "15" Preview 4, an early build of what is to be the next version of the company's IDE. Today's Preview brings improvements to the installer and more. Microsoft ...

When the beta for Visual Studio 2010 (news, site) first came out, it lacked the ability to create ASP.NET MVC applications. This was because Visual Studio was in lock down before MVC 1.0 was released.

I've got a windows service I've written .NET that I'd like to deploy using the built-in MSI setup tools. The only problem is that I don't see a way to set the working directory in the Installer or ...