my first post, I hope I'm in the right forum, there are so many to choose from here.
With our product we also deploy the .NET Framework 2.0, the Visual J# redist, the language packs and a licensing prerequisite, which all in all can take quite a while to install, especially when installing on older machines.
The setup should only run on XP or Vista, so we have placed the according condition at product level.
However: Due to the above, the message telling a Windows 2k user that the operating system is not valid appears after the prerequisites have been installed, which can take up to 15 mins. This is very annoying. A lot of our customers will still be running Windows 2k (the last release of our product ran on 2k).
Is there a method to check the Windows version right at the beginning of setup.exe?
Edit: Could I use 'System search' to check a registry key? If so, which one?
EditEdit: This is ridiculous, I just found out that the 'System search wizard' does nothing other than insert a 'LaunchCondition' at product level. So I'm back to square one.
Thanks,
Hans
Edited by HänsG, 20 April 2007 - 10:35.