Wix4 Visual Studio Extension

In this article we

  • Install Wix4 Visual Studio Extension

This extension help us to create Wix4 project.

Demo Video

Please see below video on how to “Install Wix4 Visual Studio Extension”.

Please see below video on how to Install Wix4 Visual Studio Extension

NOTE

Please note that there are no explanation in the video.
Explanation of each step and why we write code this way is given in this post.

Open Visual Studio

IDE: 🚀 Visual Studio 2026 Community

Click above link to download 🚀 Visual Studio 2026 Community

  • Open Visual Studio 2026 Community

  • In “Home” screen of Visual Studio, select “Continue without code” option as shown in below 👇🏻 image.

Continue Without Code
Figure: Continue Without Code
  • This open Visual Studio without any project/solution as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Visual Studio Without Solution
Figure: Visual Studio Without Solution

Install Extension

Extension Name: HeatWave for VS2022

  • Open Extension window in Visual Studio 2022 and search for HeatWave for VS2022 as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Search Heatwave Extension
Figure: Search Heatwave Extension
  • Now select “Download” option as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Download Heatwave Extension
Figure: Download Heatwave Extension

  • After download close Visual Studio.

  • When we close Visual Studio, a pop-up of VSIX Installer will come as shown in below 👇🏻 image.

Vsix Installer
Figure: Vsix Installer
  • Now select “Modify” button, this will install extension as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Install Vsix Extension
Figure: Install Vsix Extension

Check Wix Project Template

  • Now open Visual Studio and select Create New Solution option as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Create New Solution
Figure: Create New Solution
  • This will open a new screen which shows Wix options as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Screen With Wix Options
Figure: Screen With Wix Options
  • In this screen, we select MSI Package (Wix v4) option for creating MSI package as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Create Msi Package Option
Figure: Create Msi Package Option
  • Now select “Next” option as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Select Next Option
Figure: Select Next Option

  • In next screen we define following screen.

    • Project Name
    • Location of Solution
    • Name of Solution

Please see below 👇🏻 image for reference.

Create Solution And Other Details
Figure: Create Solution And Other Details
  • Now select “Create” option as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Select Create Option
Figure: Select Create Option
  • This will create new Solution with Wix V4 project as shown in below 👇🏻 image.
Final Result
Figure: Final Result

That’s it!!!

In next article we will understand “File Structure of Wix V4 project”.

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