http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/shair/archive/tags/Wix/Tools/default.aspxTags: Wix, ToolsenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/shair/archive/2011/03/19/vs-setup-project-will-not-ship-with-future-versions-of-vs.aspxSat, 19 Mar 2011 18:43:03 GMTb5c4f5bc-c09b-4439-a595-91a98c1847df:809814shair1http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/shair/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=809814http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/shair/archive/2011/03/19/vs-setup-project-will-not-ship-with-future-versions-of-vs.aspx#comments<h1>VS Setup Project Will Not Ship With Future Versions of VS</h1> <p>In the past I wrote about Visual Studio Setup Project and how you use it for your software deployment - <b><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/ExtendVSSetupProject.aspx">Extending Visual Studio Setup Project</a></b></p> <p>But now Microsoft decide to remove the support from VS Setup Project and invest more in WiX.</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckh/archive/2011/03/17/visual-studio-setup-projects-vdproj-will-not-ship-with-future-versions-of-vs.aspx">Buck Hodges</a> <br /> “<em><font size="3"><strong>Future versions of Visual Studio will not include the Visual Studio Installer project templates. <br />To preserve existing customer investments in Visual Studio Installer projects, Microsoft will continue to support the Visual Studio Installer projects that shipped with Visual Studio 2010 per the product life-cycle strategy.”</strong></font></em></p> <p><font size="3">So if you are using VS Setup Project you still have couple of year to use it but start think about moving to WiX.</font></p><img src="http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/aggbug.aspx?PostID=809814" width="1" height="1">DevelopmentWixDEVVisual Studio 2010Team System 2010Tools