How do I find a component ID?

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_{Tuesday, June 1, 2010 12:06 AM}

Hi, talking about Windows Installer launch conditions, how do I get the component ID of a product? Is this component ID in the product's MSI file?

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_{Wednesday, June 2, 2010 2:38 PM ✅Answered}

Hi Carlos,

Thank you for your post.

Do you mean that you want to know the way that we can find the component ID of the application? Then you can add it in Launch Condition when we deploy MSI installer.

Please check this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f09xywha.aspx

Here is a note mentioned as following:

To determine the Component ID, you must install the application and use a tool such as the MSI Spy tool included in the Windows Installer 1.1 Software Development Kit.

I think that MSI Spy tool can help us to find the component ID if this product is installed with windows installer (msi file).
For more information, please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1s08hzfe.aspx

Hope this helps!

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_{Tuesday, June 1, 2010 12:58 AM}

Hi Carlos,

How to: Add a Windows Installer Launch Condition 

Predefined Windows Installer conditions allow you to add both a Windows Installer search and a launch condition in a single step based on the search. For example, you might search a target computer to determine if a specific package is installed, then use the launch condition to evaluate the result of the search. If the search is not successful, the launch condition will display an error message dialog box and the installation will be terminated.

To add a Windows Installer launch condition

1.   In the Launch Conditions Editor, select the Requirements on Target Machine node.

2.   On the Action menu, choose Add Windows Installer Launch Condition.

3.   Select the Search for Component node. In the Properties window, select the ComponentId property and type the Component ID to search for.

4.   Select the Condition node. In the Properties window, select the Message property and type the error message that will be displayed if the Component ID is not found.

Hope this will help.

Raman Katwal

_{Tuesday, June 1, 2010 1:20 AM}

Hi Raman, perhaps I didn't explain clearly my problem. My question isn't how to add a launch condition, but how to find the component ID of a product. So, for example, the component ID of the Excel 2003 Primary Interop Assembly (PIA) is {A1FE0698-609D-400F-BF10-F52238DD6475}. If I want to add a launch condition that uses this component ID, how do I find it? In general, how do I find the component ID of a product?

In the case of the Excel 2003 PIA, I went to the component table of the Office 2003 PIAs MSI file and there I found the component ID. In general, I think the component table of an MSI contains the component IDs. I didn't know this by the time I asked the question.

Kind regards,

Carlos Mallen

_{Tuesday, June 1, 2010 8:13 AM}

Hi Raman, perhaps I didn't explain clearly my problem. My question isn't how to add a launch condition, but how to find the component ID of a product. So, for example, the component ID of the Excel 2003 Primary Interop Assembly (PIA) is {A1FE0698-609D-400F-BF10-F52238DD6475}. If I want to add a launch condition that uses this component ID, how do I find it? In general, how do I find the component ID of a product?

In the case of the Excel 2003 PIA, I went to the component table of the Office 2003 PIAs MSI file and there I found the component ID. In general, I think the component table of an MSI contains the component IDs. I didn't know this by the time I asked the question.

Kind regards,

Carlos Mallen

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for the reply . You are correct here  " I think the component table of an MSI contains the component IDs. "

Regards,

Raman Katwal

_{Wednesday, June 2, 2010 5:40 AM}

Hi Carlos,

The below post will give you all the answers regarding finding the ComponentID of the products.

And all the component ID's are fix for the applications as I understood from the post.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc563937(office.12).aspx

Raman Katwal

_{Thursday, March 10, 2016 1:39 PM}

If you can only find ComponentID using MSI Spy, then how you understand this part of MSDN documentation:

3.This new file must have the same ComponentID as the previous file that you added to the project. To ensure this, go to the Project Explorer window and select the previous file. In the Properties window you will see that the file has a ComponentID. Copy this GUID and replace the other file's ComponentID with this value. (This is to comply with Windows Installer Component rules.)

*found on *

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278686

Vladimir Belitski

_{Friday, March 25, 2016 2:26 PM}

Most if not all of these URLs are stale.