4 Jul 2020

vs_setup.msi missing while building setup in Visual Studio using Setup & Installer Projects



While building setup project in Visual Studio, you may come across this situation where the Visual Studio tries to configure Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated) OR vs_setup.msi and fails always.

Thanks to the SOF Answer and mshwf

Providing the solution for quick reference

  • Open command prompt in Administrator mode (Run As Administrator)
  • Run the following commands
    • regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSI Tools\mergemod.dll"
    • regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSI Tools\mergemod.dll"
That is all.


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