Bootstrapper Prerequisites not showing up

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Question

I have a problem with Bootstrapper Prerequisites (with Bootstrapper Manifest Generator and doing it by hand...). I want to package Visual Power Packs 3.0 and Microsoft Sync 2.1 in one pack, so it appears in only one folder like (FinalApp_Prerequisites) along with the setup. The problem is that, only one of the 2 executables is detected, not both of them.

Here is my Product.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Product ProductCode="FinalApp.Prerequisites" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper">
  <PackageFiles CopyAllPackageFiles="true">
    <PackageFile Name="synchronization-v2.1-x64-esn.msi" PublicKey="3082010A0282010100BD3089FB4572A8536B9E894F0023C0BED41D3DB1594038F373918226E696120053D91C820E3CCE1DBBBDF7428D97D4FC381AE4B9F9E3ECD36103BFA0D3D6754D5C46A9ED5EF0D2E2695B1A73EAB31C8D04CD2944A064592F1E985D6EC7AB18398265C4A7BCAB758819EA87971426B37F2676A4D4383984E3B326D518F92BE9D2C9165A5421F2978D878629FEF4492CE68BF8043F7DCDCD9692860D7103E2D0FE0C4235FFD7B83FDD8E450A7DF6D74BAD5BF076721D77237D8935C41C5DB250034B476D07A75588980680A681AD544ED881D6FABF42C031BE550D99D553491230EBE5A5887C5EC47A5A148708B43769A0EB32248C08EBF9D414BAE0FCCDEAA4150203010001" />
    <PackageFile Name="visualbasicpowerpacks3setup.exe" PublicKey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
  </PackageFiles>
  <Commands Reboot="Defer">
    <Command PackageFile="synchronization-v2.1-x64-esn.msi">
      <ExitCodes>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" String="Anunexpectedexitcodewasr" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>
    <Command PackageFile="visualbasicpowerpacks3setup.exe">
      <ExitCodes>
        <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" String="Anunexpectedexitcodewasr" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" />
      </ExitCodes>
    </Command>
  </Commands>
</Product>

And here is my Package.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Package Name="DisplayName" Culture="Culture" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper">
  <Strings>
    <String Name="Culture">en</String>
    <String Name="DisplayName">FinalApp Prerequisites (Microsoft Synchronizer Framework 2.1 & Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0)</String>
    <String Name="Anunexpectedexitcodewasr">An unexpected exit code was returned from the installer. The installation failed.</String>
  </Strings>
</Package>

What am I doing wrong? Or is it that I just can't put up 2 executables together as one prerequisite?

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Solution

Both commands have a only a default exitcode which is fail. So when the bootstrapper runs, it will always detect the first installation to fail, so the second will not run any more. For example you can define that exitcode 0 means success:

<Command PackageFile="visualbasicpowerpacks3setup.exe">
  <ExitCodes>
    <ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success"/>
    <DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" String="Anunexpectedexitcodewasr" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" />
  </ExitCodes>
</Command>
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