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Windows 8 Metro Installations


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windows8wonder

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Posted 21 April 2012 - 04:21

I am wondering what exactly are going to be the ramifications of the new Windows 8 application model (Metro) on installations?

It seems Visual Studio 11 will simply be automatically creating the installers for all Metro apps, and there's no chance to run custom code at install time either (bye-bye custom actions!)

Does this mean installers are finally becoming obsolete?

Stefan Krueger

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Posted 21 April 2012 - 08:43

I'm currently working on a blog post about this topic. It's not finished, but at the moment I believe that MSI installers will stay for quite a while.

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Posted 21 April 2012 - 15:18

Nice to hear a new blog post is coming.

As far as Metro is concerned though, installers are obsolete, are they not?

First it was MSI...then ClickOnce...then Metro...

Is it me or does Microsoft keep changing the setup tech?

Will we really need setup authoring tools for Metro applications at all?

windows8wonder

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 16:54

Could you clarify whether, at least for Metro applications, installers are officially obsolete per Microsoft's BUILD videos and available documentation on the matter?

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 17:36

I've just published my first blog post about Windows 8:
http://msmvps.com/bl...ers-part-1.aspx

Yes, from my understanding, AppX is the way to ship Metro Apps.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 02:02

Thanks much for a very concise blog posting!

How do you think vendors like InstallShield will react to the brand new AppX package format? Specifically:

1) Is there, even theoretically, any room for third party vendors to "add value" into this format?

Since no code is allowed to run, I would think not...

2) If not, do you think they would still support creation of such packages - even though it really won't do anything over Visual Studio's own build process?

3) If yes, what exactly do you think could be done inside an AppX package given the restriction that no custom code can run? Surely, Visual Studio would include every required file inside the package?

I am really wondering how the tooling industry around installers will evolve in Windows 8...

Thoughts anybody?

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 11:58

Well, I really don't know...