Windows 7 - task registration

Asked By Andrew Sha

11-Jan-10 04:50 PM

Hi

How to register a task w/ the Task Scheduler using MSI? I am using VS09 to
create the msi package

TIA
Andrew

11-Jan-10 07:23 PM

You get the code that does that task registration and run it as a custom
action. There is no built-in support for creating scheduled tasks in Windows
Installer.
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Phil Wilson
The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972

12-Jan-10 11:18 AM

Ok then, thank you

Are there tools available to work/modify MSI files but Orca?

12-Jan-10 12:45 PM

Visual Studio setup projects let you run custom actions, so I do not think
you need Orca for that. There are lots of tools to build MSI files:

http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm

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Phil Wilson
The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972

12-Jan-10 05:01 PM

Yes, I know that VS allows to add custom actions; I just wonder whether more
user friendly tools then ORCA were developed to edit MSI since I last messed
w/ Windows Installer

15-Jan-10 11:05 AM

The only people that use Orca seem to be those who just want to look in MSI
files to see what was generated by their setup tool, or those adding
functionality that Visual Studio setup projects do not provide. That link has
plenty of tools to build MSI files, some of them free.

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Phil Wilson

03-Apr-10 10:47 PM

Just manually change the file extension to .reg which is as simple as
showing all file extensions in the folder options when you open a folder
using the classic view. after you have opened the folder with the ALT key
and apply to all folders to make the reasoning easier.. but this is not a
forced procedure. it only a GUI option.  ALT > TOOLS > OPTIONS and so on to
change "show all file extensions"