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Rob Mensching on Software Installation and Open Source at Microsoft.

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2006 43

  1. Goodbye, MSDN. I'm moving to https://RobMensching.com/blog.
  2. Orca is to hex editor as WiX is to ...?
  3. WiX v3 syntax for detecting the CLR.
  4. Deciphering the MSI Directory table, part 7 (directories are properties)
  5. Deciphering the MSI Directory table, part 6 (standard directories)
  6. Conflicts of Interest?
  7. Nothing.
  8. Thursday Night "Deployment Dinner Discussion" with Charlie Poole.
  9. The Windows Live Writer team rocks.
  10. SharpDevelop 2.1 - the latest WiX UI Editor
  11. It isn't whether you win or lose, as long as you're growing.
  12. Thursday Night "Deployment Dinner Discussions" with Carolyn Napier.
  13. WiX in Visual Studio
  14. Bittersweet change, Derek Cicerone leaves WiX.
  15. When it changes it pours.
  16. Thursday Night "Deployment Dinner Discussions" with Rob Mensching.
  17. Creative Commons Add-in's Office XP PIA - Conditioning the Office XP PIAs - Part 1
  18. This then this then this. What am I still doing here?
  19. Blogging from the outside.
  20. Creative Commons Add-in's Office XP PIA - Detecting Office XP Parts
  21. Wow, Microsoft Acquires Wininternals.
  22. Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office: Behind the Office PIAs.
  23. 7 lbs. of M&Ms means only one thing.
  24. Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office v1.0.1 released.
  25. Supporting the unsupported Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office.
  26. The WiX toolset presents the Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office.
  27. ScrollableText Control in MSI
  28. WiX v2 Manual Online
  29. Thoughts about the CodePlex Beta
  30. Source code is an inanimate object.
  31. Biking here to there.
  32. Windows Installer XML Toolset is 2 years old.
  33. Rob Mensching on Microsoft TechNet Radio
  34. Is your MSI Package ready for Vista?
  35. On the short list of Microsoft Watch's "Microsoft Bloggers".
  36. SugarCRM uses Ms-CL and the WiX toolset.
  37. New name for the same thing...
  38. Google Toolbar Beta for Enterprise a "Trojan horse" MSI package.
  39. This is exactly where I am at...
  40. Information overload.
  41. You should own your personal information.
  42. Restarts Revisited: Windows isn't that different than UNIX
  43. Blogging comments the "Scoble Way".

2005 26

  1. How the WiX toolset got its name.
  2. In defense of Windows Vista's Restart Manager.
  3. Windows Installer XML as a Domain Specific Language.
  4. Core WiX toolset v2 shipped in a Microsoft product...
  5. The WiX toolset meets the MSI 4.0 feature set.
  6. ClickThrough - simple MSI creation plus auto-update over RSS.
  7. Seattle MindCamp, I'll be there. Will you?
  8. Frustration with Process, Progress, and Context Switch Costs.
  9. WiX Web Site
  10. WiX Toolset PDC "Birds Of A Feather" - Tonight 9:00 PM - Fundamentals Lounge "Big Room"
  11. Setup Developer Survey
  12. Linuxworld 2005 Pictures, Microsoft in costume and Linux under commercialization.
  13. Linuxworld 2005, 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM, RPM Package Management.
  14. Deciphering the MSI Directory table, part 4
  15. Deciphering the MSI Directory table, part 3
  16. Deciphering the MSI Directory table, part 2.
  17. Deciphering the MSI Directory table, part 1.
  18. Interview with JDN|developer about the WiX toolset (and thus Open Source at Microsoft).
  19. Writing + speaking + imagery + music creates a dark but fascinating fictitious future.
  20. Where's the setup?
  21. WiX Open for One Year
  22. Disclaimer
  23. WiX on Slashdot, why is OSS@MS part of Shared Source?
  24. Stephen Walli on the inside from the outside
  25. new blogging process enables new blogging approach
  26. Jason Matusow starts his blog.

2004 38

  1. On the topic of MSI validation tools and thick skin.
  2. MSN Toolbar Suite Beta setup built by the WiX toolset.
  3. Why does changing the name of your MSI file require a Major Upgrade?
  4. Creating localized MSI files using WiX toolset and .wxl files.
  5. "Where's the Localization?" or "Why is Rob always behind on his blog?"
  6. Windows Installer 3.0 Redistributable Live
  7. Moving on down.
  8. MySQL 4.1 setup built with the WiX toolset.
  9. FlexWiki has released as Open Source on SourceForge.net
  10. More on Open Source at Microsoft via Josh Ledgard's blog.
  11. Update on the status of the Office Local Installation Source.
  12. A live one hour Windows Installer XML introduction by Rob Mensching.
  13. Syntax highlighting and IntelliSense for WiX in Visual Studio.
  14. breaking down writer's block via Firefly.
  15. Personal musings on shipping the first version of software.
  16. OSCON 2004, Day 1 - r0ml rocks, everything goes well, and I really like the Ximian guys
  17. "Exceptions traveling through your code," a great way to say you will need rollback for setup.
  18. To blog or to book? That is the question.
  19. Weird parsing problems using the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset?
  20. The questions Microsoft employees keep asking about Open Source.
  21. VBScript (and Jscript) MSI CustomActions suck
  22. My philsophical musings about building setup for software.
  23. Checking in on the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset development environments.
  24. O'Reilly Net on Getting Started with WiX.
  25. Windows Template Library (WTL) has released as Open Source on SourceForge.net
  26. Sections, Symbols and References in the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset.
  27. Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset in Time?
  28. Registering an Assembly for COM Interop in a MSI file with the Windows Installer XML toolset.
  29. End of the beginning for the Windows Installer XML toolset.
  30. Open Source Business Conference and green light means go.
  31. Just for the record, I don't work on Whitehorse.
  32. System Definition Model on the move.
  33. Quick update on the "toolset" as per two requests.
  34. Back on the crystal meth... and oh so happy.
  35. Inside the MSI file format, again.
  36. MSI vs. DSI, what can I say?
  37. Did you LocalCache and find that Office still requires the installation CD when patching?
  38. Gibson speaks... I relate.

2003 2

  1. Where now?
  2. Dynamic Systems Initiative vs. utility computing