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Troubleshooting Red ‘X’s in the Compact 7 Installation

Hey everyone, we have been fielding some questions about installation requirements for Compact 7. I...

Date: 08/12/2011

Updating Windows Embedded Compact 7

Hey Everyone, I realize this blog writing is a bit late since we have already shipped the Remote FX...

Date: 07/27/2011

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Evaluation Download

Hey everyone, it is with great joy that I tell you Windows Embedded Compact 7 has been released. It...

Date: 03/02/2011

Windows Embedded Compact 7 Setup Public CTP

It has been over a year since I joined the Windows Embedded Compact team. When I started I was...

Date: 06/23/2010

Windows Embedded CE6 R3 Setup Experience

Everyone in the Windows Embedded CE community, I would like to say hello from the Setup team! I have...

Date: 10/06/2009

WiX Heat Extension: Setting Up a Custom Extension Project

As most of you already know, the Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX) is made to flexible. Most of...

Date: 07/02/2009

Custom Action Using WiX: Reading From The Binary Table

Over the years I have seen this question come up a few times. Although there are some good examples...

Date: 06/23/2009

Right Corner: WiX Heat, Left Corner: Thousands of Files

With the Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX) v3.0 on the verge of hitting production more and more...

Date: 05/31/2009

WIX Heat Wave Brings Changes

There has been some recent work to Heat.exe, within the Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX), which I...

Date: 03/05/2009

WIX Now Runs on FIPS Enable Machines

As mentioned in my previous blog, there was a user request to enable the Windows Installer XML...

Date: 02/06/2009

Working with FIPS in .NET C#

A user of the Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX) created a bug asking if the we could support FIPS...

Date: 01/31/2009

Windows Installer Error 2908 with Sub Errors 1402 and 1450

Summary The Windows Installer error code 2908 with sub errors 1402 and 1450 has been quite eluding...

Date: 06/17/2008