Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Setup Editor
See also:
Component Errors
on page 424
Moving Items Between Components
on page 428
About the Key Path
on page 429
Component Errors
As you work on the Components tab, Setup Editor continually monitors components for
common errors. When it detects an error, it changes the color of the component’s icon to
red.
To view a component error message
1. In Setup Editor > Components tab, right-click the red component icon and select
Show Errors.
Typical causes of component errors
z
The component has an empty key path but contains files, registry entries, or ODBC
data sources.
z
The component has more than one executable (.EXE, .DLL, .OCX).
z
The same file is assigned to multiple components.
Environment variable
See
Adding an Environment Variable
on page 176.
File association
See
Advertising Icon
on page 420.
See
Adding File Associations
on page 176.
File
See
Adding Files to an Installation
on page 130.
INI file
See
Creating and Editing .INI Files
on page 171.
Isolated component
See
Isolating a .DLL With an .EXE
on page 429.
ODBC source, driver, or
translator
See
Adding an ODBC Item
on page 182.
Published component
See
Adding Published Components
on page 430.
Registry key
See
Adding Registry Keys
on page 163.
Service control
See
Controlling Services on the Destination Computer
on page 181.
Service
See
Adding a Service to the Destination Computer
on
page 179.
Shortcut
See
Adding a Shortcut to an Installation
on page 173.
Remove Registry operation
See
Removing Registry Entries From the Destination
Computer
on page 165.
Remove Files operation
See
Removing a File From the Destination Computer
on
page 142.
Move Files operation
See
Copying and Moving Files on the Destination
Computer
on page 143.
Copy Files operation
See
Copying and Moving Files on the Destination
Computer
on page 143.
