Run an Executable file before Setup starts

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i have a winform application and i want to create setup for it.my application need an exe file to install in machine in order to it can work correctly. so i want to install that exe file before my application setup starts.i have used Installer Class but it runs the exe file after the setup has finished. how can i do that?

Posted 12-Nov-11 22:19pm

M_Mogharrabi

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-11-12T22:25:00

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Probably you can't - and certainly not reliably.
.NET applications need the .NET framework, which is checked and if necessary installed by the installer package. If it is not installed, then your application cannot run. So you need to run the installer first.

However, you could run your application as part of the setup process - a registration component say - which runs before the setup is complete. There are instructions for that here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d(VS.80).aspx[^]

Posted 12-Nov-11 22:25pm

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M_Mogharrabi 14-Nov-11 3:21am

thanks OriginalGriff,i have changed my way,now i want to run my exe file just after the setup has finished.how can i do that?

OriginalGriff 14-Nov-11 3:30am

More complex than you think!
See the discussion here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60565/how-to-run-executable-at-end-of-setup-project