Embed Net48 Installer with Wix
18:03 21 Oct 2026

I am completely new to Wix, and I've inherited a Wix installer that was created some time ago. I need to update the installer to include the Net Framework 4.8 installer, and install if net 4.8 is not there. I think I'm close, except that the installer is looking to download the package from the internet, and I want to include it in the installer itself.

We are using Wix 3.14. I looked at the Firegiant docs, all that seems to be oriented towards the latest version. I understand that if I move beyond v3, I'll have to change a lot of our existing wxs files.

This is what I'm doing now:


    

I'll worry about certificates and security stuff later...

 

   
     
   

 

Thanks for any insight.

Don

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