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How to determine whether the core components are installed
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09/25/2023 - 13:19
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Is there an official way to determine if the OPC DA Core Components are installed?

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1) Go to control panel | uninstall programs | check for Core Components installer.

2) Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\OPC Foundation check that it exists and contains DLLs.

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Sorry, I guess I wasn’t specific enough. I’m looking for a way to do this during an install process. I imagine I could find it in the add/remove programs list if needed. Regarding the file path – is that always the correct path? Are there other methods…a registry entry for example?

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The installer component id is in the registry. Not sure where.

If you are  building your own installer most installer development packages have a way to do this if you know the component id.

You can use orca.exe to extract the info you need from the merge module.

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And the path?

Is “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\OPC Foundation”

always the path that the core component files are installed to?

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Cannot be changed during installation. Use the %CommonProgramFiles% and %CommonProgramFiles(x86)% environment variables.

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