Re-implemented msi installer based on Clowd.Squirrel

This re-implements the msi installer that was present inside of Clowd.Squirrel. This is hidden behind some hidden options.

src/lib-csharp/VelopackAsset.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ namespace Velopack
         Portable = 3,
         /// <summary> An application installer archive. </summary>
         Installer = 4,
+        /// <summary> A Windows Installer package (.msi) for the application.</summary>
+        Msi = 5,
     }
 
     /// <summary>

src/vpk/Velopack.Build/PackTask.cs

@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ public class PackTask : MSBuildAsyncTask
     
     public string? Compression { get; set; }
 
+    public bool BuildMsi { get; set; }
+
+    public string? MsiVersionOverride { get; set; }
+
     protected override async Task<bool> ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         //System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();

src/vpk/Velopack.Build/TaskOptionsMapper.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using Riok.Mapperly.Abstractions;
-using Velopack.Core;
 using Velopack.Packaging;
 using Velopack.Packaging.Unix.Commands;
 using Velopack.Packaging.Windows.Commands;

src/vpk/Velopack.Core/DefaultName.cs

@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ public static class DefaultName
             throw new PlatformNotSupportedException("Platform not supported.");
     }
 
+
+    public static string GetSuggestedMsiName(string id, string channel, RuntimeOs os)
+    {
+        var suffix = GetUniqueAssetSuffix(channel);
+        if (os == RuntimeOs.Windows)
+            return $"{id}{suffix}-DeploymentTool.msi";
+        else
+            throw new PlatformNotSupportedException("Platform not supported.");
+    }
+
     private static string GetUniqueAssetSuffix(string channel)
     {
         return "-" + channel;

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Unix/Commands/LinuxPackOptions.cs

@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ public class LinuxPackOptions : IPackOptions
     public string Categories { get; set; }
     
     public string Compression { get; set; }
+    public bool BuildMsi => false;
 }

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Unix/Commands/OsxPackOptions.cs

@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ public class OsxPackOptions : OsxBundleOptions, IPackOptions
     public string Channel { get; set; }
 
     public string Exclude { get; set; }
+    public bool BuildMsi => false;
 }

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Windows/Commands/WindowsPackCommandRunner.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using NuGet.Versioning;
 using Velopack.Compression;
 using Velopack.Core;
 using Velopack.Core.Abstractions;
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ public class WindowsPackCommandRunner : PackageBuilder<WindowsPackOptions>
             .Select(x => x.FullName)
             .ToArray();
 
-        SignFilesImpl(Options, progress, filesToSign);
+        SignFilesImpl(progress, filesToSign);
 
         return Task.CompletedTask;
     }
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ public class WindowsPackCommandRunner : PackageBuilder<WindowsPackOptions>
         SetupBundle.CreatePackageBundle(targetSetupExe, releasePkg);
         progress(50);
         Log.Debug("Signing Setup bundle");
-        SignFilesImpl(Options, CoreUtil.CreateProgressDelegate(progress, 50, 100), targetSetupExe);
+        SignFilesImpl(CoreUtil.CreateProgressDelegate(progress, 50, 100), targetSetupExe);
         Log.Debug($"Setup bundle created '{Path.GetFileName(targetSetupExe)}'.");
         progress(100);
 
@@ -237,6 +241,14 @@ public class WindowsPackCommandRunner : PackageBuilder<WindowsPackOptions>
         return dict;
     }
 
+    protected override Task CreateMsiPackage(Action<int> progress, string setupExePath, string msiPath)
+    {
+        if (VelopackRuntimeInfo.IsWindows) {
+            CompileWixTemplateToMsi(progress, setupExePath, msiPath);
+        }
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
     private void CreateExecutableStubForExe(string exeToCopy, string targetStubPath)
     {
         if (!File.Exists(exeToCopy)) {
@@ -253,12 +265,12 @@ public class WindowsPackCommandRunner : PackageBuilder<WindowsPackOptions>
         }
     }
 
-    private void SignFilesImpl(WindowsSigningOptions options, Action<int> progress, params string[] filePaths)
+    private void SignFilesImpl(Action<int> progress, params string[] filePaths)
     {
-        var signParams = options.SignParameters;
+        var signParams = Options.SignParameters;
-        var signTemplate = options.SignTemplate;
+        var signTemplate = Options.SignTemplate;
-        var signParallel = options.SignParallel;
+        var signParallel = Options.SignParallel;
-        var trustedSignMetadataPath = options.AzureTrustedSignFile;
+        var trustedSignMetadataPath = Options.AzureTrustedSignFile;
         var helper = new CodeSign(Log);
 
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(signParams) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(signTemplate) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(trustedSignMetadataPath)) {
@@ -317,6 +329,83 @@ public class WindowsPackCommandRunner : PackageBuilder<WindowsPackOptions>
         // return dlibPath;
     }
 
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private void CompileWixTemplateToMsi(Action<int> progress,
+        string setupExePath, string msiFilePath)
+    {
+        bool packageAs64Bit = 
+            Options.TargetRuntime.Architecture is RuntimeCpu.x64 or RuntimeCpu.arm64;
+
+        Log.Info($"Compiling machine-wide msi deployment tool in {(packageAs64Bit ? "64-bit" : "32-bit")} mode");
+
+        var outputDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(setupExePath);
+        var setupName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(setupExePath);
+        var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US").TextInfo.ANSICodePage;
+
+        // WiX Identifiers may contain ASCII characters A-Z, a-z, digits, underscores (_), or
+        // periods(.). Every identifier must begin with either a letter or an underscore.
+        var wixId = Regex.Replace(Options.PackId, @"[^\w\.]", "_");
+        if (char.GetUnicodeCategory(wixId[0]) == UnicodeCategory.DecimalDigitNumber)
+            wixId = "_" + wixId;
+
+        Regex stacheRegex = new(@"\{\{(?<key>[^\}]+)\}\}", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        var wxsFile = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, wixId + ".wxs");
+        var objFile = Path.Combine(outputDirectory, wixId + ".wixobj");
+
+
+        var msiVersion = Options.MsiVersionOverride;
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(msiVersion)) {
+            var parsedVersion = SemanticVersion.Parse(Options.PackVersion);
+            msiVersion = $"{parsedVersion.Major}.{parsedVersion.Minor}.{parsedVersion.Patch}.0";
+        }
+
+        try {
+            // apply dictionary to wsx template
+            var templateText = File.ReadAllText(HelperFile.WixTemplatePath);
+
+            var templateResult = stacheRegex.Replace(templateText, match => {
+                string key = match.Groups["key"].Value;
+                return key switch {
+                    "Id" => wixId,
+                    "Title" => GetEffectiveTitle(),
+                    "Author" => GetEffectiveAuthors(),
+                    "Version" => msiVersion,
+                    "Summary" => GetEffectiveTitle(),
+                    "Codepage" => $"{culture}",
+                    "Platform" => packageAs64Bit ? "x64" : "x86",
+                    "ProgramFilesFolder" => packageAs64Bit ? "ProgramFiles64Folder" : "ProgramFilesFolder",
+                    "Win64YesNo" => packageAs64Bit ? "yes" : "no",
+                    "SetupName" => setupName,
+                    _ when key.StartsWith("IdAsGuid") => GuidUtil.CreateGuidFromHash($"{Options.PackId}:{key.Substring(8)}").ToString(),
+                    _ => match.Value,
+                };
+            });
+
+            File.WriteAllText(wxsFile, templateResult, Encoding.UTF8);
+
+            // Candle reprocesses and compiles WiX source files into object files (.wixobj).
+            Log.Info("Compiling WiX Template (candle.exe)");
+            var candleCommand = $"{HelperFile.WixCandlePath} -nologo -ext WixNetFxExtension -out \"{objFile}\" \"{wxsFile}\"";
+            _ = Exe.RunHostedCommand(candleCommand);
+
+            progress(45);
+
+            // Light links and binds one or more .wixobj files and creates a Windows Installer database (.msi or .msm). 
+            Log.Info("Linking WiX Template (light.exe)");
+            var lightCommand = $"{HelperFile.WixLightPath} -ext WixNetFxExtension -spdb -sval -out \"{msiFilePath}\" \"{objFile}\"";
+            _ = Exe.RunHostedCommand(lightCommand);
+
+            progress(90);
+
+        } finally {
+            IoUtil.DeleteFileOrDirectoryHard(wxsFile, throwOnFailure: false);
+            IoUtil.DeleteFileOrDirectoryHard(objFile, throwOnFailure: false);
+        }
+        progress(100);
+
+    }
+
     protected override string[] GetMainExeSearchPaths(string packDirectory, string mainExeName)
     {
         return [

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Windows/Commands/WindowsPackOptions.cs

@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ public class WindowsPackOptions : WindowsReleasifyOptions, INugetPackCommand, IP
     public bool NoInst { get; set; }
 
     public string Shortcuts { get; set; }
+
+    public bool BuildMsi { get; set; }
+
+    public string MsiVersionOverride { get; set; }
 }

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Windows/Commands/WindowsReleasifyOptions.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-using Velopack.Core;
+namespace Velopack.Packaging.Windows.Commands;
-
-namespace Velopack.Packaging.Windows.Commands;
 
 public class WindowsReleasifyOptions : WindowsSigningOptions
 {

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging.Windows/ResourceEdit.cs

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class ResourceEdit
 
         var file = PEFile.FromBytes(File.ReadAllBytes(otherExeFile));
         var image = PEImage.FromFile(file);
-        _resources = image.Resources;
+        _resources = image.Resources ?? new ResourceDirectory((uint) 0);
     }
 
     public void Commit()

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging/Abstractions/IPackOptions.cs

@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ public interface IPackOptions : INugetPackCommand, IPlatformOptions
     string Exclude { get; set; }
     bool NoPortable { get; set; }
     bool NoInst { get; set; }
+    bool BuildMsi { get; }
 }

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging/Exe.cs

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public static class Exe
         var stdout = IoUtil.Retry(() => File.ReadAllText(outputFile).Trim(), 10, 1000);
         var result = (process.ExitCode, stdout, "", command);
         ProcessFailedException.ThrowIfNonZero(result);
-        return result.Item2;
+        return stdout;
     }
 
     public static void RunHostedCommandNoWait(string command, string workDir = null)

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging/HelperFile.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 #if !DEBUG
@@ -70,6 +71,13 @@ public static class HelperFile
 
     public static string StubExecutablePath => FindHelperFile("stub.exe");
 
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    public static string WixTemplatePath => FindHelperFile("wix\\template.wxs");
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    public static string WixCandlePath => FindHelperFile("wix\\candle.exe");
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    public static string WixLightPath => FindHelperFile("wix\\light.exe");
+
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
     public static string SignToolPath => FindHelperFile("signing\\signtool.exe");
 
@@ -135,8 +143,14 @@ public static class HelperFile
             files = files.Where(predicate);
 
         var result = files.FirstOrDefault();
-        if (result == null && throwWhenNotFound)
+        if (result == null && throwWhenNotFound) {
-            throw new Exception($"HelperFile could not find '{toFind}'.");
+            StringBuilder msg = new();
+            msg.AppendLine($"HelperFile could not find '{toFind}'.");
+            msg.AppendLine("Search paths:");
+            foreach (var path in _searchPaths)
+                msg.AppendLine($"  {Path.GetFullPath(path)}");
+            throw new Exception(msg.ToString());
+        }
 
         return result;
     }

src/vpk/Velopack.Packaging/PackageBuilder.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Security;
-using System.Security;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Markdig;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -149,12 +148,13 @@ public abstract class PackageBuilder<T> : ICommand<T>
                     });
 
                 Task setupTask = null;
+                string setupExePath = null;
                 if (!Options.NoInst && TargetOs != RuntimeOs.Linux) {
                     setupTask = ctx.RunTask(
                         "Building setup package",
                         async (progress) => {
                             var suggestedName = DefaultName.GetSuggestedSetupName(packId, channel, TargetOs);
-                            var path = assetCache.MakeAssetPath(suggestedName, VelopackAssetType.Installer);
+                            var path = setupExePath = assetCache.MakeAssetPath(suggestedName, VelopackAssetType.Installer);
                             await CreateSetupPackage(progress, releasePath, packDirectory, path);
                         });
                 }
@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ public abstract class PackageBuilder<T> : ICommand<T>
                 if (TargetOs != RuntimeOs.Linux && portableTask != null) await portableTask;
                 if (setupTask != null) await setupTask;
 
+                if (!Options.NoInst && Options.BuildMsi && TargetOs == RuntimeOs.Windows) {
+                    await ctx.RunTask(
+                        "Building MSI package",
+                        async (progress) => {
+                            var msiName = DefaultName.GetSuggestedMsiName(packId, channel, TargetOs);
+                            var msiPath = assetCache.MakeAssetPath(msiName, VelopackAssetType.Msi);
+                            await CreateMsiPackage(progress, setupExePath, msiPath);
+                        });
+                }
+
                 await ctx.RunTask(
                     "Post-process steps",
                     (progress) => {
@@ -196,8 +206,8 @@ public abstract class PackageBuilder<T> : ICommand<T>
     protected virtual string GenerateNuspecContent()
     {
         var packId = Options.PackId;
-        var packTitle = Options.PackTitle ?? Options.PackId;
+        var packTitle = GetEffectiveTitle();
-        var packAuthors = Options.PackAuthors ?? Options.PackId;
+        var packAuthors = GetEffectiveAuthors();
         var packVersion = Options.PackVersion;
         var releaseNotes = Options.ReleaseNotes;
         var rid = Options.TargetRuntime;
@@ -240,8 +250,8 @@ public abstract class PackageBuilder<T> : ICommand<T>
             <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
             <metadata>
             <id>{packId}</id>
-            <title>{packTitle ?? packId}</title>
+            <title>{packTitle}</title>
-            <description>{packTitle ?? packId}</description>
+            <description>{packTitle}</description>
             <authors>{packAuthors ?? packId}</authors>
             <version>{packVersion}</version>
             <channel>{Options.Channel}</channel>
@@ -277,6 +287,11 @@ public abstract class PackageBuilder<T> : ICommand<T>
         return Task.CompletedTask;
     }
 
+    protected virtual Task CreateMsiPackage(Action<int> progress, string setupExePath, string msiPath)
+    {
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
     protected virtual async Task CreateReleasePackage(Action<int> progress, string packDir, string outputPath)
     {
         var stagingDir = TempDir.CreateSubdirectory("CreateReleasePackage");
@@ -395,4 +410,8 @@ public abstract class PackageBuilder<T> : ICommand<T>
             """;
         File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(relsDir, ".rels"), rels);
     }
+
+    protected string GetEffectiveTitle() => Options.PackTitle ?? Options.PackId;
+
+    protected string GetEffectiveAuthors() => Options.PackAuthors ?? Options.PackId;
 }

src/vpk/Velopack.Vpk/Commands/Packaging/WindowsPackCommand.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ public class WindowsPackCommand : PackCommand
 
     public string Shortcuts { get; private set; }
 
+    public bool BuildMsi { get; private set; }
+
+    public string MsiVersionOverride { get; private set; }
+
     public WindowsPackCommand()
         : base("pack", "Creates a release from a folder containing application files.", RuntimeOs.Windows)
     {
@@ -69,6 +73,17 @@ public class WindowsPackCommand : PackCommand
                 .SetArgumentHelpName("PATH");
 
             this.AreMutuallyExclusive(signTemplate, signParams, azTrustedSign);
+
+            AddOption<bool>((v) => BuildMsi = v, "--msi")
+                .SetDescription("Compile a .msi machine-wide deployment tool.")
+                .SetHidden()
+                .SetArgumentHelpName("BITNESS");
+
+            AddOption<string>((v) => MsiVersionOverride = v, "--msiVersion")
+                .SetDescription("Override the product version for the generated msi.")
+                .SetArgumentHelpName("VERSION")
+                .SetHidden()
+                .MustBeValidMsiVersion();
         }
     }
 }

test/Velopack.Packaging.Tests/Velopack.Packaging.Tests.csproj

@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Asn1" Version="9.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller">
+      <HintPath>..\..\vendor\wix\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>

test/Velopack.Packaging.Tests/WindowsPackTests.cs

@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller;
 using Microsoft.Win32;
 using NuGet.Packaging;
 using Velopack.Compression;
 using Velopack.Core;
 using Velopack.Packaging.Commands;
-using Velopack.Packaging.Exceptions;
 using Velopack.Packaging.Windows.Commands;
 using Velopack.Util;
 using Velopack.Vpk;
 using Velopack.Vpk.Logging;
 using Velopack.Windows;
+using static Azure.Core.HttpHeader;
 
 namespace Velopack.Packaging.Tests;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         _output = output;
     }
 
-    private WindowsPackCommandRunner GetPackRunner(ILogger logger)
+    private static WindowsPackCommandRunner GetPackRunner(ILogger logger)
     {
         var console = new BasicConsole(logger, new VelopackDefaults(false));
         return new WindowsPackCommandRunner(logger, console);
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
             TargetRuntime = RID.Parse("win-x64"),
             PackDirectory = tmpOutput,
             Shortcuts = "Desktop,StartMenuRoot",
+            NoPortable = true
         };
 
         var runner = GetPackRunner(logger);
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         var setupPath1 = Path.Combine(tmpReleaseDir, $"{id}-win-Setup.exe");
         Assert.True(File.Exists(setupPath1));
 
-        RunNoCoverage(setupPath1, new[] { "--silent", "--installto", tmpInstallDir }, Environment.CurrentDirectory, logger);
+        RunNoCoverage(setupPath1, ["--silent", "--installto", tmpInstallDir], Environment.CurrentDirectory, logger);
 
         var updatePath = Path.Combine(tmpInstallDir, "Update.exe");
         Assert.True(File.Exists(updatePath));
@@ -244,17 +246,16 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         var date = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         Assert.Equal(date, installDate.Trim('\0'));
 
-        var uninstOutput = RunNoCoverage(updatePath, new string[] { "--silent", "--uninstall" }, Environment.CurrentDirectory, logger);
+        var uninstOutput = RunNoCoverage(updatePath, ["--silent", "--uninstall"], Environment.CurrentDirectory, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "Y", uninstOutput); // this checks that the self-delete succeeded
 
         Assert.False(File.Exists(startLnk));
         Assert.False(File.Exists(desktopLnk));
         Assert.False(File.Exists(appPath));
 
-        using (var key2 = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.CurrentUser, RegistryView.Default)
+        using var key2 = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.CurrentUser, RegistryView.Default)
-                   .OpenSubKey(uninstallRegSubKey + "\\" + id, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck.ReadSubTree)) {
+                   .OpenSubKey(uninstallRegSubKey + "\\" + id, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck.ReadSubTree);
-            Assert.Null(key2);
+        Assert.Null(key2);
-        }
     }
 
     [SkippableFact]
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         var setupPath1 = Path.Combine(releaseDir, $"{id}-win-Setup.exe");
         RunNoCoverage(
             setupPath1,
-            new string[] { "--silent", "--installto", installDir },
+            ["--silent", "--installto", installDir],
             Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop),
             logger);
 
@@ -287,19 +288,19 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         var mvTo = Path.Combine(installDir, "packages", fileName);
         File.Copy(mvFrom, mvTo);
 
-        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "--autoupdate" }, installDir, logger, exitCode: null);
+        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["--autoupdate"], installDir, logger, exitCode: null);
 
         Thread.Sleep(3000); // update.exe runs in separate process
 
-        var chk1version = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "version" }, installDir, logger);
+        var chk1version = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["version"], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "2.0.0", chk1version);
     }
 
     [SkippableFact]
     public void TestPackGeneratesValidDelta()
     {
-        using var _1 = TempUtil.GetTempDirectory(out var releaseDir);
         Skip.IfNot(VelopackRuntimeInfo.IsWindows);
+        using var _1 = TempUtil.GetTempDirectory(out var releaseDir);
         using var logger = _output.BuildLoggerFor<WindowsPackTests>();
         string id = "SquirrelDeltaTest";
         PackTestApp(id, "1.0.0", "version 1 test", releaseDir, logger);
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
             new DeltaPatchOptions {
                 BasePackage = Path.Combine(releaseDir, $"{id}-1.0.0-full.nupkg"),
                 OutputFile = output,
-                PatchFiles = new[] { new FileInfo(deltaPath) },
+                PatchFiles = [new FileInfo(deltaPath)],
             }).GetAwaiterResult();
 
         // are the packages the same?
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         var setupPath1 = Path.Combine(releaseDir, $"{id}-win-Setup.exe");
         RunNoCoverage(
             setupPath1,
-            new string[] { "--silent", "--installto", installDir },
+            ["--silent", "--installto", installDir],
             Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop),
             logger);
 
@@ -451,11 +452,11 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         logger.Info("TEST: v1 installed");
 
         // check app output
-        var chk1test = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "test" }, installDir, logger);
+        var chk1test = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["test"], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "version 1 test", chk1test);
-        var chk1version = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "version" }, installDir, logger);
+        var chk1version = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["version"], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "1.0.0", chk1version);
-        var chk1check = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "check", releaseDir }, installDir, logger);
+        var chk1check = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["check", releaseDir], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "no updates", chk1check);
         logger.Info("TEST: v1 output verified");
 
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         PackTestApp(id, "2.0.0", "version 2 test", releaseDir, logger);
 
         // check can find v2 update
-        var chk2check = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "check", releaseDir }, installDir, logger);
+        var chk2check = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["check", releaseDir], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "update: 2.0.0", chk2check);
         logger.Info("TEST: found v2 update");
 
@@ -476,17 +477,17 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
 
         // perform full update, check that we get v3
         // apply should fail if there's not an update downloaded
-        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "apply", releaseDir }, installDir, logger, exitCode: -1);
+        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["apply", releaseDir], installDir, logger, exitCode: -1);
-        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "download", releaseDir }, installDir, logger);
+        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["download", releaseDir], installDir, logger);
-        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "apply", releaseDir }, installDir, logger, exitCode: null);
+        RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["apply", releaseDir], installDir, logger, exitCode: null);
         logger.Info("TEST: v3 applied");
 
         // check app output
-        var chk3test = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "test" }, installDir, logger);
+        var chk3test = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["test"], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "version 3 test", chk3test);
-        var chk3version = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "version" }, installDir, logger);
+        var chk3version = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["version"], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "3.0.0", chk3version);
-        var ch3check2 = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, new string[] { "check", releaseDir }, installDir, logger);
+        var ch3check2 = RunCoveredDotnet(appPath, ["check", releaseDir], installDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "no updates", ch3check2);
         logger.Info("TEST: v3 output verified");
 
@@ -504,7 +505,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
 
         // uninstall
         var updatePath = Path.Combine(installDir, "Update.exe");
-        RunNoCoverage(updatePath, new string[] { "--silent", "--uninstall" }, Environment.CurrentDirectory, logger);
+        RunNoCoverage(updatePath, ["--silent", "--uninstall"], Environment.CurrentDirectory, logger);
         logger.Info("TEST: uninstalled / complete");
     }
 
@@ -543,8 +544,8 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         using var _1 = TempUtil.GetTempDirectory(out var releaseDir);
         PackTestApp("LegacyTestApp", "2.0.0", "hello!", releaseDir, logger);
 
-        RunNoCoverage(appExe, new string[] { "download", releaseDir }, currentDir, logger, exitCode: 0);
+        RunNoCoverage(appExe, ["download", releaseDir], currentDir, logger, exitCode: 0);
-        RunNoCoverage(appExe, new string[] { "apply", releaseDir }, currentDir, logger, exitCode: null);
+        RunNoCoverage(appExe, ["apply", releaseDir], currentDir, logger, exitCode: null);
 
         logger.Info("TEST: " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString());
 
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         logger.Info("TEST: " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString());
 
         if (origDirName != "current") {
-            Assert.True(!Directory.Exists(currentDir));
+            Assert.False(Directory.Exists(currentDir));
             currentDir = Path.Combine(rootDir, "current");
         }
 
@@ -569,10 +570,90 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         // this is the file written by TestApp when it's detected the squirrel restart. if this is here, everything went smoothly.
         Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(rootDir, "restarted")));
 
-        var chk3version = RunNoCoverage(appExe, new string[] { "version" }, currentDir, logger);
+        var chk3version = RunNoCoverage(appExe, ["version"], currentDir, logger);
         Assert.EndsWith(Environment.NewLine + "2.0.0", chk3version);
     }
 
+    [SkippableFact]
+    public async Task TestPackGeneratesMsi()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(VelopackRuntimeInfo.IsWindows);
+
+        using var logger = _output.BuildLoggerFor<WindowsPackTests>();
+
+        using var _1 = TempUtil.GetTempDirectory(out var tmpOutput);
+        using var _2 = TempUtil.GetTempDirectory(out var tmpReleaseDir);
+
+        var exe = "testapp.exe";
+        var pdb = Path.ChangeExtension(exe, ".pdb");
+        var id = "Test.Squirrel-App";
+        var version = "1.2.3";
+
+        PathHelper.CopyRustAssetTo(exe, tmpOutput);
+        PathHelper.CopyRustAssetTo(pdb, tmpOutput);
+
+        var options = new WindowsPackOptions {
+            EntryExecutableName = exe,
+            ReleaseDir = new DirectoryInfo(tmpReleaseDir),
+            PackId = id,
+            PackVersion = version,
+            TargetRuntime = RID.Parse("win-x64"),
+            PackDirectory = tmpOutput,
+            Shortcuts = "Desktop,StartMenuRoot",
+            BuildMsi = true
+        };
+
+        var runner = GetPackRunner(logger);
+        await runner.Run(options);
+
+        string msiPath = Path.Combine(tmpReleaseDir, $"{id}-win-DeploymentTool.msi");
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(msiPath));
+        using Database db = new Database(msiPath);
+        var msiVersion = db.ExecuteScalar("SELECT `Value` FROM `Property` WHERE `Property` = 'ProductVersion'") as string;
+        Assert.Equal("1.2.3.0", msiVersion);
+    }
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    public async Task TestPackGeneratesMsiWithSpecifiedVersion()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(VelopackRuntimeInfo.IsWindows);
+
+        using var logger = _output.BuildLoggerFor<WindowsPackTests>();
+
+        using var _1 = TempUtil.GetTempDirectory(out var tmpOutput);
+        using var _2 = TempUtil.GetTempDirectory(out var tmpReleaseDir);
+
+        var exe = "testapp.exe";
+        var pdb = Path.ChangeExtension(exe, ".pdb");
+        var id = "Test.Squirrel-App";
+        var version = "1.0.0";
+
+        PathHelper.CopyRustAssetTo(exe, tmpOutput);
+        PathHelper.CopyRustAssetTo(pdb, tmpOutput);
+
+        var options = new WindowsPackOptions {
+            EntryExecutableName = exe,
+            ReleaseDir = new DirectoryInfo(tmpReleaseDir),
+            PackId = id,
+            PackVersion = version,
+            TargetRuntime = RID.Parse("win-x64"),
+            PackDirectory = tmpOutput,
+            Shortcuts = "Desktop,StartMenuRoot",
+            BuildMsi = true,
+            MsiVersionOverride = "4.5.6.1"
+        };
+
+        var runner = GetPackRunner(logger);
+        await runner.Run(options);
+
+        string msiPath = Path.Combine(tmpReleaseDir, $"{id}-win-DeploymentTool.msi");
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(msiPath));
+
+        using Database db = new Database(msiPath);
+        var msiVersion = db.ExecuteScalar("SELECT `Value` FROM `Property` WHERE `Property` = 'ProductVersion'") as string;
+        Assert.Equal("4.5.6.1", msiVersion);
+    }
+
     private static string ReadFileWithRetry(string path, ILogger logger)
     {
         return IoUtil.Retry(
@@ -610,7 +691,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
     //    return RunImpl(psi, logger, exitCode);
     //}
 
-    private string RunImpl(ProcessStartInfo psi, ILogger logger, int? exitCode = 0)
+    private static string RunImpl(ProcessStartInfo psi, ILogger logger, int? exitCode = 0)
     {
         //logger.Info($"TEST: Running {psi.FileName} {psi.ArgumentList.Aggregate((a, b) => $"{a} {b}")}");
         //using var p = Process.Start(psi);
@@ -679,7 +760,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         }
     }
 
-    private string RunCoveredDotnet(string exe, string[] args, string workingDir, ILogger logger, int? exitCode = 0)
+    private static string RunCoveredDotnet(string exe, string[] args, string workingDir, ILogger logger, int? exitCode = 0)
     {
         var outputfile = PathHelper.GetTestRootPath($"coverage.rundotnet.{RandomString(8)}.xml");
 
@@ -703,7 +784,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         return RunImpl(psi, logger, exitCode);
     }
 
-    private static Random _random = new Random();
+    private static readonly Random _random = Random.Shared;
 
     private static string RandomString(int length)
     {
@@ -727,7 +808,7 @@ public class WindowsPackTests
         return RunImpl(psi, logger, exitCode);
     }
 
-    private void PackTestApp(string id, string version, string testString, string releaseDir, ILogger logger, bool addNewFile = false)
+    private static void PackTestApp(string id, string version, string testString, string releaseDir, ILogger logger, bool addNewFile = false)
     {
         var projDir = PathHelper.GetTestRootPath("TestApp");
         var testStringFile = Path.Combine(projDir, "Const.cs");

vendor/wix/candle.exe.config

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  <copyright file="app.config" company="Outercurve Foundation">
+    Copyright (c) 2004, Outercurve Foundation.
+    This software is released under Microsoft Reciprocal License (MS-RL).
+    The license and further copyright text can be found in the file
+    LICENSE.TXT at the root directory of the distribution.
+  </copyright>
+-->
+<configuration>
+    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" />
+        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
+    </startup>
+    <runtime>
+        <loadFromRemoteSources enabled="true"/>
+    </runtime>
+</configuration>

vendor/wix/light.exe.config

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!--
+  <copyright file="app.config" company="Outercurve Foundation">
+    Copyright (c) 2004, Outercurve Foundation.
+    This software is released under Microsoft Reciprocal License (MS-RL).
+    The license and further copyright text can be found in the file
+    LICENSE.TXT at the root directory of the distribution.
+  </copyright>
+-->
+<configuration>
+    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" />
+        <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" />
+    </startup>
+    <runtime>
+        <loadFromRemoteSources enabled="true"/>
+    </runtime>
+</configuration>

vendor/wix/template.wxs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" xmlns:netfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/NetFxExtension">
+  <Product Id="*" Name="{{Title}} Deployment Tool" Language="1033" Codepage="{{Codepage}}" Version="{{Version}}" UpgradeCode="{{IdAsGuid1}}" Manufacturer="{{Author}}">
+
+    <Package Description="This package installs a deployment tool for {{Title}}. Not {{Title}} itself. {{Title}} is only installed if a user logs into the machine." InstallScope="perMachine" Comments="Comments" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" Platform="{{Platform}}"/>
+    <MajorUpgrade AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes" DowngradeErrorMessage="A later version of this product is already installed. Setup will now exit."/>
+    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="contents.cab" EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high"/>
+
+    <PropertyRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK45" />
+
+    <Condition Message="This application requires .NET Framework 4.5 or higher. Please install the latest .NET Framework then run this installer again.">
+      <![CDATA[Installed OR NETFRAMEWORK45]]>
+    </Condition>
+
+    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
+      <Directory Id="{{ProgramFilesFolder}}">
+        <Directory Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" Name="{{Title}} Deployment Tool" />
+      </Directory>
+    </Directory>
+
+    <DirectoryRef Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY">
+      <Component Id="{{Id}}.exe" Guid="{{IdAsGuid2}}" Win64="{{Win64YesNo}}">
+        <File Id="{{Id}}.exe" Name="{{Id}}DeploymentTool.exe" Source="./{{SetupName}}.exe" KeyPath="yes"/>
+      </Component>
+    </DirectoryRef>
+
+    <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR">
+      <Component Id="RegistryEntries" Guid="{{IdAsGuid3}}" Win64="{{Win64YesNo}}">
+        <RegistryKey Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run">
+          <RegistryValue Type="expandable" Name="{{Id}}Deployment" Value="&quot;[#{{Id}}.exe]&quot; --checkInstall" />
+        </RegistryKey>
+      </Component>
+    </DirectoryRef>
+
+    <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="Main Application" Level="1">
+      <ComponentRef Id="{{Id}}.exe" />
+      <ComponentRef Id="RegistryEntries" />
+    </Feature>
+  </Product>
+</Wix>