Heat (heat.exe)

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Installer Packaging MSI WiX Harvesting

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Heat (heat.exe) is a command‑line harvesting utility that is part of the WiX Toolset. It scans file systems, directories, registry entries, COM objects, and IIS configurations to automatically generate WiX authoring (XML fragments) that can be included in WiX-based installer projects.

Heat is commonly used in build processes to produce WiX component and file element definitions for creating MSI installers, reducing manual authoring and keeping installer contents synchronized with the build outp...

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