Launching Exectuable From Installer -- Doesn't Work!

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I have a unity3d project written for a school project and I need to make an ‘installer’.

Here’s what I’ve done:

  1. Copied the project folder to another directory called Installers/
  2. Created a Visual Studio 2008 installer project.
  3. Created shortcut from .exe and dragged it to the Program Files folder.

When I try to use the shortcut OR the go to the exe directly, my project fails to run. No setup screen or anything. Just a brief pause and then seems to “quit” out.

Any ideas?

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Here a problem I’ve repeated several times.

I have a separate copy of my checkers game that runs and functions perfectly. It’s this exact folder I have told the visual studio setup project to use for the installer.

I install the application. I try to run the application and it fails to launch. I take the folder that I told the installer to use and copy all the files into the installed folder (under Program Files).

It then runs just fine.

What should I do? Could the compression be an issue? The files are exactly the same. :frowning:

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Friendly bump. :slight_smile:

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Possibly not going to help, but I use Actual Installer http://www.actualinstaller.com/ which works very well. It is a paid for app, but you can use it to try it out and I found it very easy to use and compressed the files right down. It also has an uninstaller and updater built in.

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Thanks for the idea but not in the mood to pay for this. :stuck_out_tongue:

It’s just for a school project. All I have to do is show my professor I have a working installer.