Setup installer not lettintg me change product name

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Setup installer not lettintg me change product name

Daniel Shepherd 246

I am making a setup installer for a game I made, and I set the productname to adventure game. it used to be adventuregamesetup. when I rebuilt it and ran it in the file explorer, it would not change. is there a way to fix this? also i am using visual studio 2019.

Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-04-14T01:52:05.037+00:00

@Daniel Shepherd

Could you please tell us what kind of project do you use to make the setup installer?
Daniel Shepherd 246 Reputation points

2021-04-14T11:56:40.377+00:00

just for informational purposes, here is what project it is:

it requires the setup installer extension by microsoft.

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Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 11,356 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-04-14T01:52:05.037+00:00

@Daniel Shepherd

Could you please tell us what kind of project do you use to make the setup installer?
Daniel Shepherd 246 Reputation points

2021-04-14T11:56:40.377+00:00

just for informational purposes, here is what project it is:

it requires the setup installer extension by microsoft.

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Michael Taylor 61,076

I'm assuming you mean you have downloaded the extension Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects and are trying to use it. I'm a little confused as to what you mean by "it would not change". It sounds like the setup program itself was fine but perhaps the title shown in the UI is wrong.

If you use the Properties window on the Setup project you can change the ProductName which is what the welcome text uses by default. There is also the Title property. The executable name follows the project name. Not really sure what the Title property impacts at this point.

Can you clarify where the text is wrong?

Daniel Shepherd 246 Reputation points

2021-04-13T21:30:45.143+00:00

here is a screenshot of the incorrect in the installer view:

here is what the text is supposed to be via the productname in visual studio:
Michael Taylor 61,076 Reputation points

2021-04-13T21:53:59.163+00:00
That text is backed by ProductName which is what you changed. Couple of things come to mind.

Did you recompile the code and happen to get any errors such that it didn't replace the original binary?

Are you sure you are running the binary that got built (e.g. Debug and not Relesae)? Cleaning the build first would help here.

Did you modify the Welcome message (although the title bar seems messed up too)?
Daniel Shepherd 246 Reputation points

2021-04-14T00:32:12.9+00:00

where is this welcomemessage property?
Michael Taylor 61,076 Reputation points

2021-04-14T03:05:57.12+00:00

If you right click the project in Solution Explorer then there is the View menu part way down. Select the User Interface. In the editor under Install\Start is the Welcome. Select it and the welcome text is in the Properties window. But if you've never changed it then it should be fine.

I'm still thinking the setup you're running might not be the one you're building. Doing a Clean and then Rebuild should help verify that.
Daniel Shepherd 246 Reputation points

2021-04-14T11:53:22.617+00:00

Thank you! I rebuilt the solution, and i went to the welcomemessage property and changed the text! it was fixed!

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