[wix-users] msiexec on ARM?

[Bill Wandel]

I just tested my installer on both Server 2019 and WIN10 ARM64. It correctly installed on both. This installer installs x86 services and applications plus the correct drivers for the particular installation. It includes a custom DLL for some utility functions plus the driver installation. ARM64 supports ARM64 applications and x86 applications. It does not support x64 applications. If your installer is x86 and you are installing x86 applications, you should be OK. Note that there is an ARM64 msiexec and an x86 msiexec. This is similar to an x64 system where there is an x64 msiexec and an x86 msiexec.

 

Bill Wandel

 

From: Alan Sinclair <anadem at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2019 12:01 PM
To: Bill Wandel <bill at bwandel.com>
Cc: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] msiexec on ARM?

 

thanks Bill, helpful info!

 

>   I didn’t do anything special

 

Is the custom action DLL specific to ARM, or do you use different C# source for ARM vs Intel Windows? 

Does the WiX source of your installer have ARM bits vs Intel bits?

 

thanks again

 

 

 

 

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 7:22 PM Bill Wandel <bill at bwandel.com <mailto:bill at bwandel.com> > wrote:

Yes, I have a custom DLL in my installer which worked on an ARM64 laptop. I didn’t do anything special. MSIExec on ARM64 might be a 32 bit x86 application. The DLL was built from a C# source so I assume that the resulting DLL was 32 bit.

I haven’t tested on that laptop in quite some time. I will try my installer on it this weekend.

 

Bill Wandel

 

From: Alan Sinclair <anadem at gmail.com <mailto:anadem at gmail.com> > 
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:25 PM
To: Bill Wandel <bill at bwandel.com <mailto:bill at bwandel.com> >
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] msiexec on ARM?

 

Rob - Is there an ETA for WiX 4?  (Btw I didn't see any ARM info at Firegiant.com)

 

Bill - Did you add custom DLLs to your ARM MSI?

 

thanks!

 

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 3:36 AM Bill Wandel <bill at bwandel.com <mailto:bill at bwandel.com> > wrote:

I have used WiX to build an ARM64 installer.

Bill Wandel

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Subject: [wix-users] msiexec on ARM?

Does the ARM version of Windows 10 include Windows Installer, and if it
does, can WiX build MSIs for it?

If not, does anyone know of packaging tools for ARM Win 10 ?

Sorry if this has been discussed before; I've been out of the installer
business for a couple of years, just now been roped in for some contract
stuff. I've tried looking in the list archive but didn't find anything about
ARM

Thanks
Alan

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