How to change icon of msi installer package in vs2008 and change user interface screen after creating package for c# projects

Question

I am trying to change the icon of msi installer package. I didnt found any solution for that. Also i tried to change user interface of msi installer package. I got some skins for that interface,but that is trail version.. Any one knows please help me regarding the above question.

Answer 1

The icon is the standard icon for .msi files. You can´t modify it from within the Setup Project in Visual Studio 2008. The screens used in the Setup Project can´t be modified either from within Visual Studio 2008. The best bet would probably be to look at other 3rd part providers. One example is the Skin Crafter Installer . You can also use Wix and create your customized dialogs yourself.

Answer 2

You can use Visual Studio to change the setup.exe icon. Take the following steps.

Build your setup project

Open the setup.exe file use just build, File -> Open -> File

Right click the Icon node in the file explorer window and you can change and save.

Answer 3

As easy solution is to convert the msi to an exe using a program such as "Msi to Exe Converter". The trial does not allow to change the icon. To change the icon use Visual studio. Open the exe as a file and delete the current icon resource. Then add an icon resource by importing the icon you want. Save and done.