Why doesn't setup project in visual studio decompress files?

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CPPJunior2015-05-26 12:37:10

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CPPJunior, 2015-05-26 12:37:10

Hello.
Recently moved from Visual Studio 2008 Pro to 2013 Pro. Accordingly, the setup project also moved to a new studio. After that, problems began, namely, during installation, old files (a set of dlls) are deleted, but new ones do not appear instead. For a correct installation, you actually need to do repair. This only happens when the installation goes over the old version. Those. for example, the installer for version 2,1,5 was built by 2008 studio, and for version 2,1,6 it was built by 2013 studio. Then when installing 2,1,6 over 2,1,5, a bug will occur, which I described above.
Please tell me how can I solve this problem?

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CPPJunior, 2015-07-02
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I poked around in the project settings and found the BackwardCompatibleIDGeneration checkbox, which is False by default. Setting this property to True will solve the problem, i.e. the compiled msi will be compatible with older versions (vs2008 and earlier).
PS to open properties select your setup-project in solution explorer and press Left Alt + Enter