2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/api/wix/WixToolset.Data/WindowsInstaller/WindowsInstallerData.cs b/src/api/wix/WixToolset.Data/WindowsInstaller/WindowsInstallerData.cs
index 8d69cd08..66d9a56f 100644
--- a/src/api/wix/WixToolset.Data/WindowsInstaller/WindowsInstallerData.cs
+++ b/src/api/wix/WixToolset.Data/WindowsInstaller/WindowsInstallerData.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ namespace WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller
 
         private static readonly Version CurrentVersion = new Version("4.0.0.0");
         private const string WixOutputStreamName = "wix-wid.xml";
+        private static readonly XmlReaderSettings ReaderSettings = new XmlReaderSettings
+        {
+            CheckCharacters = false
+        };
         private static readonly XmlWriterSettings WriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings
         {
             CheckCharacters = false,
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ namespace WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller
         public static WindowsInstallerData Load(WixOutput wixOutput, TableDefinitionCollection tableDefinitions, bool suppressVersionCheck = false)
         {
             using (var stream = wixOutput.GetDataStream(WixOutputStreamName))
-            using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(stream, null, wixOutput.Uri.AbsoluteUri))
+            using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(stream, ReaderSettings, wixOutput.Uri.AbsoluteUri))
             {
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/src/api/wix/api_wix.v3.ncrunchsolution b/src/api/wix/api_wix.v3.ncrunchsolution
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10420ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/wix/api_wix.v3.ncrunchsolution
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<SolutionConfiguration>
+  <Settings>
+    <AllowParallelTestExecution>True</AllowParallelTestExecution>
+    <SolutionConfigured>True</SolutionConfigured>
+  </Settings>
+</SolutionConfiguration>
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