Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Setup Editor
See also:
Component Errors
on page 374
Moving Items Between Components
on page 378
About the Key Path
on page 378
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.
z
A shortcut is assigned to the component, but the key path for the shortcut is not a
file.
z
Registry keys are created in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, but the key path is not for a
registry key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
See also:
Components Tab
on page 372
Adding and Editing a Component
Warning
To work with items on the Components tab, you should be proficient in the Windows
Installer development environment. See Windows Installer Components in the Windows
Installer SDK Help.
Shortcut
See
Adding a Shortcut to an Installation
on page 150.
Remove Registry operation
See
Removing Registry Entries From the Destination
Computer
on page 142.
Remove Files operation
See
Removing a File From the Destination Computer
on
page 121.
Move Files operation
See
Copying and Moving Files on the Destination
Computer
on page 122.
Copy Files operation
See
Copying and Moving Files on the Destination
Computer
on page 122.