Merge Module Exclusions and Dependencies

InstallShield 2026 Express Edition

When you add a merge module to your installation, you are accepting conditions that go along with that module. Two such conditions are the module exclusions and dependencies.

Module Dependencies

When a module is created, dependencies are set for it. This means that a module will not work if you do not include its dependencies as well. InstallShield automatically associates a module’s dependencies with your installation project if they are stored in your local redistributables gallery. If those modules cannot be found, you need to obtain a copy of each and associate them with your installation project in the Redistributables view.

Module Exclusions

Some modules do not operate correctly in the presence of certain other modules. If this is the case, the module’s author should list them as exclusions and they should appear in the description window of the Redistributables view. If your newly associated module has exclusions, and those excluded modules have already been associated with your installation, InstallShield silently removes any reference to them in your installation.

Caution:Any excluded modules that are added to the installation after the excluding module has been added will not be removed; in addition, you will not receive any warning that they are incompatible.