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  • D DPaul1994

    Hi. I have created a WindowsFormsApplication in Visual Studio Community 2015. For this application, I created a setup project using Visual Studio Installer Extension. Setup file works very fine on other systems, but on Windows XP it shows that error like I've been stopped the installation. More precisely:

    Error : "The installer was interrupted before application could be installed. You need to restart installer to try again."

    I have added all prerequisites, all files that are required, but I think that I missed something..It has anything to do with the fact that applications that were created in vs community 2015 which are deployed with vs installer extension cannot be installed on windows xp? I don't know if it's true, I read that somewhere..

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    DPaul1994 wrote:

    Visual Studio Community 2015

    https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/visual-studio-2015-system-requirements-vs[^] Does not state "Windows XP". Does in places not even state Win7 for that matter.

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      Hi. I have created a WindowsFormsApplication in Visual Studio Community 2015. For this application, I created a setup project using Visual Studio Installer Extension. Setup file works very fine on other systems, but on Windows XP it shows that error like I've been stopped the installation. More precisely:

      Error : "The installer was interrupted before application could be installed. You need to restart installer to try again."

      I have added all prerequisites, all files that are required, but I think that I missed something..It has anything to do with the fact that applications that were created in vs community 2015 which are deployed with vs installer extension cannot be installed on windows xp? I don't know if it's true, I read that somewhere..

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      And what version of .NET have you targeted? Later versions of .NET (4.5 on) don't run on Windows XP.

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        And what version of .NET have you targeted? Later versions of .NET (4.5 on) don't run on Windows XP.

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        The version is .NET 4.0 which runs on Windows XP

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          The version is .NET 4.0 which runs on Windows XP

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          That depends on the edition of Windows XP. .NET 4.0 only works on XP Pro, XP x64 Pro and XP Home Edition. The Media Center editions and the Reduced Media editions are not supported. Also, you may have to update to a newer version of Windows Installer. The 4.5 version can be installed on XP SP2 and SP3.

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          • D Dave Kreskowiak

            That depends on the edition of Windows XP. .NET 4.0 only works on XP Pro, XP x64 Pro and XP Home Edition. The Media Center editions and the Reduced Media editions are not supported. Also, you may have to update to a newer version of Windows Installer. The 4.5 version can be installed on XP SP2 and SP3.

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            I have already created an installation for the project using InstallShield Limited Edition and it worked perfectly on XP. I know, I used Windows Installer 4.5 version for this

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              DPaul1994 wrote:

              Visual Studio Community 2015

              https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/visual-studio-2015-system-requirements-vs[^] Does not state "Windows XP". Does in places not even state Win7 for that matter.

              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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              You mean that I can't create applications with VS Community 2015 that work on Windows XP?

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                You mean that I can't create applications with VS Community 2015 that work on Windows XP?

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                No, just that Microsoft might not be actively trying to stay compatible.

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                  No, just that Microsoft might not be actively trying to stay compatible.

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                  But I created an installation with InstallShield Limited Edition for the same project, and it worked perfectly..

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                    But I created an installation with InstallShield Limited Edition for the same project, and it worked perfectly..

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                    Some VB6-applications also still work perfectly :laugh:

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                      Some VB6-applications also still work perfectly :laugh:

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                      Yeah

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                      • D DPaul1994

                        I have already created an installation for the project using InstallShield Limited Edition and it worked perfectly on XP. I know, I used Windows Installer 4.5 version for this

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                        Look in the Application event log and check for any errors in there.

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