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Cant find Visual Studio Installer Projects on Visual Studio 2013

After finishing my C# application I had to make an installer. After seeing that the default installer projects are gone, i searched for a replacement.

I found the Visual Studio Installer Projects. I downloaded the file from here: https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9abe329c-9bba-44a1-be59-0fbf6151054d.

When i restarted Visual Studio, opened my project, clicked "add new project" and here is what I got: enter image description here

Problem is that I cant find the setup project. I have tried repairing the install. I restarted Visual Studio several times.

My Question:

How can I find the installer project and why it's not working for me.

If I cant make it work, are there any alternatives ? (except InstallShield)

Additional info:

Visual Studio 2013 Community with update 4

Windows 8.1 64-bit

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lyubolp Avatar asked Feb 15 '15 11:02

lyubolp


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1 Answers

You could try Tools > Extensions and Updates and search for it:

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m.lanser Avatar answered Nov 11 '22 13:11

m.lanser