Hi
I have an install that works except for the multi user. When a second user tries to run the program they get a "an installation package for XXX was not found". I do not want the user to have to go to the web for the install. Is there a way to put the install on the machine and have it run when the new user clicks on the program shortcut?

There's nothing automatic, but there is a download tool in the Windows SDK for this. There is a program called msistuff.exe that will add download info to a setup.exe (I don't think this is the same as the Visual Studio one). This "setup.exe" downloads from a web url and copies the MSI file to a location where it can be saved. The issue this was designed to solve is that if you download and install an MSI file it installs from Temp internet files, and that gets cleaned up, which may be what you're seeing.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367817(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368033(VS.85).aspx

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Phil Wilson

I am using the Setup and Deployment project from Vs 2008.

There's nothing automatic, but there is a download tool in the Windows SDK for this. There is a program called msistuff.exe that will add download info to a setup.exe (I don't think this is the same as the Visual Studio one). This "setup.exe" downloads from a web url and copies the MSI file to a location where it can be saved. The issue this was designed to solve is that if you download and install an MSI file it installs from Temp internet files, and that gets cleaned up, which may be what you're seeing.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367817(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368033(VS.85).aspx

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Phil Wilson