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To get to the properties pane for the setup project properties you want after selecting the project in Solution Explorer you need to go to View->Other Windows->Properties Window. See Below -
How do you configure a VS 17 Setup Project (manufacturer)?
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Gabriel Fernandez
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There appear to only be questions and answers on the Setup project for VS 10, where the settings were in the project properties, but now there are no properties visible for configuring the default folder in target Applications Folder, or setting manufacturer--which I thought would be done using a certificate. Also, when I tried creating a Setup Wizard project in my solution, it reports that there is a COM error.
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,446 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2023-07-31T09:25:12.72+00:00 Hi @Gabriel Fernandez,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.
Does "VS 17", you mean, VS 2022, or VS 2017?
If you select your Setup project in Solution Explorer, click View => Properties Window, can you find/see manufacturer configuration in Properties Window?
For the COM error, could you share us the detailed error message and some screenshots for further check?
Sincerely,
Tianyu
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Gabriel Fernandez 46 Reputation points
2023-07-31T14:44:44.7833333+00:00 VS 17.6.5 (2022), so no I don't see Properties Window option in View, only Properties Manager and Properties Pages, neither of which have the options you shared.
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,446 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2023-08-01T03:12:19.0233333+00:00 Hi @Gabriel Fernandez,
Thanks for your reply.
Did you first select the Setup project?
If above doesn't work, please try to reinstall "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022" extension.
If reinstalling "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022" extension doesn't work, please try to reset VS settings(Tools > Import and Export Settings... > Reset all settings > follow the wizard to reset the
Generalsettings) and check again.If the Properties Window still doesn't appear, could you please share us some screenshots to check further?
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Gabriel Fernandez 46 Reputation points
2023-08-01T16:34:09.49+00:00 I selected the setup project, and viewed the properties (the first option is to open the tab for properties manager), and it didn't change after uninstalling and reinstalling the InstallerProjects.vsix, or resetting the Import/export settings (general), and still shows nothing but this:
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