Wix installer not working in windows xp

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1) created installer using wix3.8.1128.0,windows 8 operating system in visual studio 2013.
the installer has dailog to enter sqlserver instance name, databasename and sqlserver crendentails. The .msi works fine with out any issues in windows 8 and windows 7.

2)The same .msi is not working in windowsxp sp2.when i see package logfile custom action exceuting and returning 1 but its not able to set the property value to 1.

3) I set <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true"> and added .Netframework2.0 as a supportedruntimeversion. First mentioned supportedruntimeVersion as.netframework4.0 and then .netframework2.0. still it didn't work.

what should i do to work the same .msi in windowsxp sp2. any idea or suggestion

Posted 7-Apr-14 21:46pm

keerth516

Updated 7-Apr-14 22:17pm

Richard MacCutchan

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keerth516 · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-09T07:19:00

Solution 1

I figured out solution for the above problem.

Th wix installer version above mentioned required .netframework4.0. I installed .netframwork 4.0 client profile or .netframework4.0 extended(since my application was developed under .netframework4.0 client profile) then .msi created in windows 8 is working fine in windows xp sp2 as well as in windows xp sp3.

Posted 9-Apr-14 7:19am

keerth516

Updated 9-Apr-14 7:23am

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Volynsky Alex 9-Apr-14 14:01pm

Nice answer!

keerth516 11-Apr-14 1:00am

Alex,Thanks a lot.I struggled two days to know what was the solution then i found the above solution.Hope it may help others who had same problem.:)