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Two Entries in "programs and features" #2

Closed jow609 closed 1 month ago

jow609 commented 2 months ago

Hi together,

First of all many thanks for your video and github entry "Packaging EXE into MSI for Group Policy software deployment using WiX toolset CLI". Everything worked fine for me and I was able to deploy my .msi by GPO. Unfortunately I saw that every installation creates two entries in "Programs and Features". You can also see that behaviour in your Youtube Video:

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Is there any simple solution to fix that issue?

Kind regards

Johannes

letsdoautomation commented 2 months ago

thats kinda by design and it needs to exist because that makes troubleshooting easier, but if you really want to remove it then its possible to hide it https://github.com/letsdoautomation/wix-toolset-4-cli/tree/main/Create%20Notepad%2B%2B%20MSI%20installation%20file

Here you will find sample configuration file that includes configuration for hiding it and it will still exist, but you will not be able to see it in add or remove programs list