Had that happen a couple of times and issue has been mostly caused by the time server. Try a different one until it works. I suggest using the separate Installer Code Signing app included in the suite to test the signing first until you find something that works and then add those same settings to y...

Registering DLL's can be sketchy at it's best and was even more tricky in the older days. What I've done on more than one occasion is skip all the register processes altogether and just write the registry information myself. Can be a hassle and a bit tricky sometimes, but it has never failed me.

Make sure you have a MIME Type setup for .7zip. I ran into that quite awhile back on an old 2003 Server and just adding the MIME Type corrected the issue. You might also look into your timeout settings.

What are you using to populate the $MYAPPDATA$ variable?


Get Folder Location System->Application Data Directory and/or Get Common Folder System->Application Data Directory should return the actual path as long as you don't have Get for all users checked.

I've had that happen a few times. The workaround is to stretch the text block out further.

Since it's the first dialog displayed and the first impression of your software by a user, it should be put on a priority list. For now I'm just using a very short string.

I build all my setups on a box with a display settings set of 2048x1152. When the setups are run on 4k displays the dialogs look fine but the installation preparation display bar text is way to large. See screen capture...






I am using the latest release - Studio Admin.

You might look up the OVERRIDECACHE variable in the help file which allows you to specify a cache location of your choosing. If it returns empty the directory cannot be written too.

I thought it was kind of cool, like an artist signing a masterpiece. It's always at the bottom and you can add some empty comments to move it down.

I'm not expert in your type installs, but have you tried checking the space first using some of the predefined variables. The cache can be pretty big, more than double of the installer at times. You can override the location with OVERRIDECACHE.

Have you tried Replace String?

What I've done with a couple of installs is create the complete data file whatever it may be that requires no changes, install it using the Native Engine and then appended the part I did want to change to that file.

I've ran into it too. If it's an SH2 certificate, the time server that never fails for me is http://timestamp.comodoca.com/rfc3161.

If you haven't already, you might try the standalone Intallaware codesigning app and find the one that works the best and then use it in your installations from there.

Glad you have it solved too. I'll mention this and it may save a headache or two later. depending on the server,.7ZIP is not always defined as a MIME type, so when I've had problems with it that's one of the first things check.

Haven't been on here for quite awhile because I've been so busy. In part, because my IA installs just look better than the other guys and they are rock solid (No bull). Had somebody ask me the other day what installers are out there. My response there's only one worth looking at. You all did knock i...

Sometimes I think I get things to work, because I'm not smart enough to know they shouldn't, but I've used this type of thing in multiple installers and never had an issue...

Create Shortcut $SHORTCUTFOLDER$\EPS Files Folder to $COMMONDOCUMENTS$\Clipart\Master Vector Clipart Collection\EPS Files