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One guy trying to solve deployment pain on Windows.

WiX: Why I Contributed for 7 Years

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Date: 01/11/2013

WiX: Really, Really Open Source

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Date: 01/07/2013

The .NET BCL Team released a preview of Immutable Collections

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Date: 01/05/2013

My Blog has Moved

I recently decided to move my blog to a location that gives me a little more control. I will still...

Date: 01/04/2013

.NET: .NET Framework 4 setup reports success but my .NET 4 applications wont run and tell me I need to install it.

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Date: 07/27/2011

.NET: The Client Profile and Chip Specific Packages

In .NET 4 we have quite a few deployment options available for redistribution. There are basically 2...

Date: 07/20/2010

.NET: Do You Deploy a Managed App - Part 2

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Date: 07/16/2010

The .NET Framework 4 Installer Improvements

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Date: 04/15/2010

Which Version of .NET is Built into Windows?

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Date: 02/05/2010

Errors after Installing Dev10 Beta2 over top of Beta1 on Vista RTM or SP1

There is an issue upgrading .NET 4.0 from Beta1 to Beta2 only on Vista RTM and SP1 as well as...

Date: 10/19/2009

The .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2 Installer Improvements

Thanks to everyone that gave feedback both on my blog and through other forums about .NET Framework...

Date: 09/30/2009

WiX: Removing Files with Patches

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Date: 05/20/2009

.NET: Do you Deploy a Managed App?

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Date: 09/20/2008

WiX: Patching something you didnt build with WiX using WiX

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Date: 05/30/2008

WiX: Introducing the WixPdb

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Date: 05/26/2008

Design your Application to Fit Your Shipping Container

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Date: 05/23/2008

WiX: BinderExtensions and the BinderFileManager

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Date: 05/21/2008

WiX: More powerful foreach

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Date: 12/05/2007

WiX: "Rosario" WiX toolset vs. the community WiX toolset

This post is a follow-up to Rob Mensching's "Visual Studio ships the WiX toolset" blog entry. One of...

Date: 11/29/2007

WiX: Binary Delta patch support added to WiX 3.0

Last night, everything came together and the changes to add binary delta patch support to WiX 3.0...

Date: 11/02/2007

WiX: Writing your own WiX Extension Part 2: Preprocessor

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Date: 11/02/2007

WiX: Writing Your Own WiX Extension Part 1

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Date: 11/02/2007

WiX: Building a Patch using the new Patch Building System - Part 3

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Date: 06/29/2007

WiX: Building a Patch using the new Patch Building System - Part 2

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Date: 06/17/2007

WiX: What is a WiX Extension?

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Date: 06/08/2007

WiX: Preprocessor error and warning

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Date: 05/05/2007

WiX: PatchFamily patch filtering

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Date: 04/27/2007

WiX: Functional Preprocessing

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Date: 04/27/2007

WiX: Building a Patch using the new Patch Building System - Part I

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Date: 04/27/2007

WMI over IPv6 fails

As part of the Visual Studio Team System setup, we are using a System Health Check tool to verify...

Date: 01/12/2006

VS Fails to Launch after Vista Build-to-Build Upgrades

Currently, VS fails to launch after Vista build to build upgrades. A message box is displayed that...

Date: 11/11/2005

Error 1310 when installing VS from CD/DVD

There have been many problems recently with installation from the media that was handed out at the...

Date: 09/28/2005

Visual Studio 2005 repair may require reboots

Although we went to great lengths to reduce the number of reboots required by setup, there were...

Date: 09/13/2005

Why does it take so long to leave a voicemail?

Has anyone noticed that the standard greetings on voicemails are getting longer and longer? What...

Date: 09/13/2005

Hello World!

In the world of blogs, most people blog about their personal life and experiences. Around here (at...

Date: 09/11/2005