>I got the new Visual Studio Installer the other day and decided I'd give it a shot. This may not be the proper place to ask, but does anyone know how to get the thing to run a post .exe like you can get the VFP one to do?

The Visual Studio Installer is based on the Windows Installer technology, which is a transacted installer technology, meaning that if an install goes bad it can roll back to the state you were in prior to installing. Also, it gives you the ability to uninstall an application and again be back to the state you were in prior to installing.

This is why it doesn't allow post install EXEs to be run. It can't log what you did and therefore can't undo it.

Robert Green
Product Manager
Developer Division
Microsoft