Component Settings
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Project:
| • | Basic MSI |
| • | DIM |
| • | InstallScript |
| • | InstallScript MSI |
| • | InstallScript Object |
| • | Merge Module |
| • | MSI Database |
| • | MSM Database |
| • | Transform |
When you create a component, its settings have default values, depending on whether you created the component using a view, or using a wizard.
To edit a component’s settings:
| 1. | In the View List under Organization, click Setup Design (in installation projects only) or Components. |
| 2. | Click the component that you want to configure, and modify its settings as needed. |
For descriptions of each of the settings, see Component Settings.
This section includes the following topics:
| • | Component Destination vs. Feature Destination |
| • | Specifying Whether a Component’s Files and Other Associated Data Are Uninstalled During Uninstallation |
| • | Configuring Component Conditions |
| • | Reevaluating Component Conditions During Reinstallation |
| • | Managing Reference Counts for Shared Files |
| • | Checking File Versions Before Installing |
| • | Installing Files of the Same Name |
| • | Setting a Component’s Remote Installation Setting |
| • | Extracting COM Registration Data at Build Time |
| • | Scanning for .NET Dependencies and Properties |
| • | Specifying the .NET Application File |
| • | Reading Properties Passed to the .NET Installer Class |
| • | Enabling and Disabling Registry Reflection |
| • | Specifying Whether Shared Component Patching Should Be Enabled for a Component |
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