Application Builder, Installers and code distribution

625 topics in this forum

1. VIPM 2011: Recursive VIs cannot be built in package... again...

   By osvaldo, March 8, 2012
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   • 3.7k views
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   • jgcode
   • March 20, 2012

2. Built exe shows two icons on task bar when launched

   By MartinMcD, July 7, 2010
   • 3 replies
   • 3.7k views
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   • crelf
   • July 14, 2010

3. Check for update function

   By Svendsen, November 23, 2009
   • 5 replies
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   • MikaelH
   • November 25, 2009

4. Package manager and different target platforms

   By bublina, August 16, 2015
   • 4 replies
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   • bublina
   • August 17, 2015

5. The strangest problem I've ever seen

   By Ninou, February 16, 2010
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   • Ninou
   • February 18, 2010

6. Letting a user without admin rights run an NI Installer

   By MartinMcD, March 22, 2011
   • 1 reply
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   • Wire Warrior
   • March 22, 2011

7. Automated dll import

   By alkhodarev, August 2, 2013   

   • dll import
   • shared library
   • 1 reply
   • 3.6k views
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   • Rolf Kalbermatter
   • August 4, 2013

8. Executable Menu Bar corrupted

   By chris754, July 22, 2013
   • 6 replies
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   • chris754
   • July 22, 2013

9. LV source and license number

   By Nicola Cesca, January 10, 2013
   • 5 replies
   • 3.6k views
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   • Rolf Kalbermatter
   • June 6, 2013

10. Labview 2020 64-bit VIPM support

    By Rob Ashworth, June 17, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 3.6k views
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    • hooovahh
    • June 25, 2020

11. Programmaticaly determine name of the main llb or exe

    By fliesskomma, March 29, 2011
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    • crelf
    • March 30, 2011

12. Get custom application install directory?

    By EricLarsen, June 21, 2013   

    • application
    • installer
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • application
      • installer
      • directory
    • 2 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • EricLarsen
    • June 21, 2013

13. Can VIPB files still be hand-modified?

    By JKSH, July 23, 2016   

    • vipm
    • 3 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • Mads
    • July 25, 2016

14. Changing default installation build directory

    By viSci, October 21, 2014
    • 3 replies
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    • hooovahh
    • October 22, 2014

15. Library Password causes NI Application Builder Error (LV2009.SP1)

    By jgcode, June 16, 2010
    • 4 replies
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    • jgcode
    • June 16, 2010

16. Labview 2009 rollout

    By lecroy, September 24, 2009
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    • lecroy
    • September 28, 2009

17. Problem with VIPM

    By germ, December 12, 2010
    • 4 replies
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    • Rolf Kalbermatter
    • December 13, 2010

18. Quick and dirty way for optional dependency in source code?

    By ensegre, February 19, 2016
    • 3 replies
    • 3.5k views
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    • ensegre
    • February 21, 2016

19. source distribution Remove block diagrams for source-only VIs in Source Distributions

    By LogMAN, March 13, 2015   

    • source distribution
    • remove block diagram
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • source distribution
      • remove block diagram
      • remove compiled code
    • 1 reply
    • 3.5k views
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    • LogMAN
    • March 17, 2015

20. How to deploy LV app with NIDAQmx included?

    By gyc, October 17, 2011
    • 2 replies
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    • Tim_S
    • October 17, 2011

21. Modifying a Labview built MSI?

    By Daklu, October 11, 2012
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    • pallen
    • October 15, 2012

22. comprehensive project metrics

    By ensegre, July 20, 2015
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    • ensegre
    • July 21, 2015

23. Copy Installer to Different Project

    By Cat, October 3, 2011
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    • Cat
    • October 4, 2011

24. DVR's not working across vi's when built into exe

    By BBL, April 25, 2016
    • 6 replies
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    • BBL
    • April 26, 2016

25. LV2009 SP1 doesn't include VI when subVI node set to load on call

    By george seifert, February 25, 2010
    • 4 replies
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    • Yair
    • July 1, 2010

26. Any way to change the Run-Time Engine missing error text in built EXEs?

    By Jim Kring, July 8, 2010
    • 3 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • Jim Kring
    • July 8, 2010

27. Are the builds from Windows and Linux different?

    By Łukasz, January 19, 2022
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    • Petr Mazůrek
    • August 24, 2022

28. VI Server From Exe To Dev

    By prettypwnie, June 2, 2016
    • 6 replies
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    • smithd
    • June 2, 2016

29. User Defined Trace Messages...

    By Wire Warrior, April 4, 2011
    • 4 replies
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    • Wire Warrior
    • April 5, 2011

30. Blank files showing up in installer Source Files from auto-populating folder

    By asbo, August 9, 2012
    • 5 replies
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    • asbo
    • August 15, 2012

31. LV2009 Build exe fail if VI has no front panel

    By Zou, August 17, 2009
    • 4 replies
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    • Zou
    • August 20, 2009

32. Two Runtime on same PC

    By Bobillier, March 11, 2016
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    • Chris_Collier
    • March 14, 2016

33. Install Matlab with NI Package Manager?

    By SayMaster, May 2, 2022
    • 6 replies
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    • hooovahh
    • May 6, 2022

34. Using cmd with Labview app build

    By Youssef Menjour, January 23, 2023
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    • cordm
    • January 26, 2023

35. How to get Target IP in post-build step?

    By Stobber, March 25, 2014
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    • Stobber
    • March 26, 2014

36. Bitness Neutral Installer

    By mje, September 27, 2011
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    • mje
    • October 4, 2011

37. change Additional Installers path in application builder

    By pilou, August 31, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 3.3k views
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    • LogMAN
    • September 4, 2020

38. [VIPM] How to auto-generate a palette that skips the root directory?

    By JKSH, July 14, 2016
    • 4 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • LogMAN
    • July 15, 2016

39. Can we build custom type files into EXE?

    By styrum, December 4, 2020
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    • styrum
    • December 5, 2020

40. Build Script with unnused internal VI's called from external VI's

    By cowen, June 24, 2015
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    • chris754
    • June 24, 2015

41. Should libraries separate compiled code from source?

    By JKSH, August 29, 2015
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    • Yair
    • August 30, 2015

42. Executables and LLBs

    By pgstein104, October 12, 2010
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    • pgstein104
    • October 12, 2010

43. Linux installer

    By sydney, August 25, 2010
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
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    • Rolf Kalbermatter
    • December 12, 2010

44. exe complains of missing files even though they are included in project

    By emherrma, October 26, 2012   

    • application builder telnet broken link
    • 5 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • Mellroth
    • October 26, 2012

45. Ideas on how to avoid filepath length issues in exes from the start of the project

    By cgiustini, July 31, 2014
    • 3 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • hooovahh
    • July 31, 2014

46. lvlibs and executables

    By pgstein104, November 1, 2010
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    • ShaunR
    • November 2, 2010

47. replace build procedure with custom build

    By Ryan Podsim, February 9, 2010
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    • dannyt
    • February 11, 2010

48. LinuxRT on Hyper-V

    By r_good, February 8, 2022
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    • hooovahh
    • February 8, 2022

49. What's the best practice for two installers? "full & upgrade", "app & dependencies", other?

    By Jim Kring, November 11, 2016
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    • Cat
    • November 14, 2016

50. Trial period for built exe

    By Jordan Kuehn, June 12, 2013
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    • Mellroth
    • June 13, 2013

51. Recreating a build environment?

    By Daklu, August 4, 2013
    • 2 replies
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    • Daklu
    • August 13, 2013

52. One way to corrupt a library

    By Tim_S, April 14, 2010
    • 4 replies
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    • Tim_S
    • April 20, 2010

53. PId control coupled tank

    By azlan, March 17, 2010
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    • azlan
    • March 17, 2010

54. Production environment Vs. Development Enviroment

    By oskretc, August 17, 2015   

    • code distribuition
    • vipm
    • 1 reply
    • 3k views
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    • soupy
    • August 17, 2015

55. Built Application Takes 2 min to load with LV2009

    By dblk22vball, January 4, 2010
    • 2 replies
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    • blawson
    • March 17, 2010

56. Automate LabVIEW example finder documentation (bin3 files)

    By Ton Plomp, July 18, 2009
    • 0 replies
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    • Ton Plomp
    • July 18, 2009

57. Installation options dialog

    By AutoMeasure, November 13, 2014
    • 2 replies
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    • mje
    • November 15, 2014

58. Bring window to front when loading a file associated with a built application.

    By Doug Harper, September 8, 2012
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    • Doug Harper
    • September 10, 2012

59. Installer that runs other installers

    By Peter Laskey, August 26, 2010
    • 2 replies
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    • Antoine Chalons
    • August 27, 2010

60. Error 16 from VI Path property

    By NATE, August 4, 2010
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    • NATE
    • August 5, 2010

61. Where to find the latest runtime engine

    By Neil Pate, June 5, 2014
    • 3 replies
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    • hooovahh
    • June 5, 2014

62. Get progress when building an EXE with Application Builder API

    By studiobods, February 25, 2013   

    • scripting
    • application builder
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • scripting
      • application builder
      • builds
      • labview
      • api
    • 0 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • studiobods
    • February 25, 2013

63. Events Not Working in Built Application

    By Chris O, February 19, 2016
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    • Chris O
    • February 19, 2016

64. Pre Post build VI: sent message to dialog

    By Ton Plomp, July 11, 2012   

    • build hook
    • 2 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • Ton Plomp
    • July 12, 2012

65. Application builder asks for disk

    By Staffan, March 23, 2012
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    • jgcode
    • March 24, 2012

66. Dynamic reference w/ compiled program

    By NelsonUWP, May 27, 2010
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    • 2.8k views
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    • Ton Plomp
    • May 27, 2010

67. (CLA Summit 2013) Your help needed! Tell me your software licensing questions/concerns

    By Justin Goeres, February 7, 2013   

    • cla summit
    • licensing
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • cla summit
      • licensing
      • bsd
      • gpl
    • 0 replies
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    • Justin Goeres
    • February 7, 2013

68. LV RTE 2017 & Windows7Ultimate

    By P.Carpentier, January 12, 2018
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    • P.Carpentier
    • February 5, 2018

69. Installer image

    By cs_BOT, August 11, 2009
    • 1 reply
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    • Rolf Kalbermatter
    • August 11, 2009

70. Multiple EXE installer - double files in data directory

    By LogMAN, June 9, 2011
    • 1 reply
    • 2.8k views
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    • Cat
    • June 9, 2011

71. Re: Building a Stand-Alone Application (use Packed Project Lib.)

    By Gab, September 7, 2016   

    • application builder
    • 2 replies
    • 2.8k views
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    • Gab
    • October 11, 2016

72. Anyone seen this error on EXE build?

    By drjdpowell, May 19, 2021
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    • Cloedu72
    • May 19, 2021

73. Get executable version during install

    By EricLarsen, June 24, 2013
    • 3 replies
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    • hooovahh
    • June 25, 2013

74. finding DAQmx hardware

    By PatK, July 9, 2010
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    • PatK
    • July 10, 2010

75. Error Reported by LabVIEW Exe

    By pravin, January 27, 2014
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    • pravin
    • February 4, 2014

76. Opening Installer Build Spec Takes A While [LV2009]

    By jgcode, September 14, 2010
    • 4 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • jgcode
    • September 14, 2010

77. Assistance for building a Mac .app file

    By BioRobotics, November 20, 2013   

    • build
    • mac os
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • build
      • mac os
      • mac
    • 0 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • BioRobotics
    • November 20, 2013

78. Automatic Build System

    By Marcus J, January 18, 2011
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    • Marcus J
    • January 18, 2011

79. problem building exe

    By Madhav, November 24, 2010
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    • Madhav
    • November 25, 2010

80. finding dependencies

    By NATE, August 1, 2010
    • 3 replies
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    • NATE
    • August 13, 2010

81. Compiler Error

    By pravin, June 30, 2011
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • SuperS_5
    • June 30, 2011

82. Error 1 when building exe

    By Staffan, June 13, 2011
    • 2 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • Staffan
    • August 30, 2011

83. Save LabVIEW Project and contents from 2010 to 8.5 programatically

    By klessm1, September 24, 2010
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    • klessm1
    • September 24, 2010

84. Error 66 while building VIPM package [cross-post]

    By Antoine Chalons, November 11, 2022   

    • vipm
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • Antoine Chalons
    • November 14, 2022

85. Installer with non LabVIEW files included

    By sydney, June 22, 2010
    • 2 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • george seifert
    • June 22, 2010

86. How to configure Project.Save For Previous to ignore vis from instr.lib

    By smidsy, February 23, 2018   

    • save for previous
    • instr.lib
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
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    • smidsy
    • February 27, 2018

87. LV-built "additional installers"-only installer?

    By blawson, August 30, 2011
    • 0 replies
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    • blawson
    • August 30, 2011

88. Build killed by NI Update

    By John Lokanis, November 4, 2015
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views
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    • hooovahh
    • November 4, 2015

89. I am looking for someone ... Application Builder 7.1.

    By skilledengineer, June 21, 2012   

    • want to
    • buy
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • want to
      • buy
      • application
      • builder
      • license
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • skilledengineer
    • June 21, 2012

90. Native Support for Dynamic Palettes

    By crelf, July 10, 2012
    • 2 replies
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    • Daklu
    • October 11, 2012

91. Palette frustrations

    By Daklu, April 6, 2010
    • 2 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • Daklu
    • April 7, 2010

92. Increased Installer Size in LabVIEW 8.5

    By CaseyM, September 3, 2009
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • CaseyM
    • September 3, 2009

93. Register-WMIEvent Win32_ProcessStopTrace

    By Axelwlt, April 26, 2018
    • 0 replies
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    • Axelwlt
    • April 26, 2018

94. Creating an installer in LabVIEW 18.0.1f4 (32-Bit) always looks for 2018 SP1 f5 RTE installer source

    By Bryan, September 10, 2024   

    • 2018 sp1 f5
    • installer
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • Bryan
    • September 16, 2024

95. Log files in LV 2009 app builder

    By John Lokanis, April 28, 2010
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • jgcode
    • April 29, 2010

96. Icon in standalone app, LV8.2

    By MartinMcD, April 27, 2010
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views
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    • MartinMcD
    • April 27, 2010

97. Installer for PXI: rtexe + drivers

    By KoBe, January 7, 2013
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views
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    • JamesMc86
    • January 7, 2013

98. Notes on Building LabView Apps with Multiple Instances

    By Rob Calhoun, March 16, 2012
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views
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    • asbo
    • March 16, 2012

99. How to ask user to reboot after install

    By Antoine Chalons, August 23, 2010
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views
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    • jgcode
    • August 23, 2010

100. Suggestions for deployment best practices

     By loserboy, October 22, 2010
     • 0 replies
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     • loserboy
     • October 22, 2010