Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
-users] Trying to use a system property in a property Hi all - I am having some trouble using a system property. My current goal is to make a backup copy of some *.cmd files in the System32 directory because on installation I will be overwriting them (and then on uninstall I will be restoring

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Josh Pepper
AM To: Josh Pepper; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property 0. Why are you putting stuff in SystemFolder? That's part of the operating system. Generally not a place people outside of the Windows team should be messing with. 1

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property Hi all – I am having some trouble using a system property. My current goal is to make a backup copy of some *.cmd files in the System32 directory because on installation I will be overwriting them

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Josh Pepper
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property 0. Why are you putting stuff in SystemFolder? That's part of the operating system. Generally not a place people outside of the Windows team should be messing with. 1. Property values do not resolve the Properties in them

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Josh Pepper
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property 1. It doesn't surprise me that you need to define SystemFolder in the Directory table. That's easy enough to do. Just make it a child of the TARGETDIR Directory element and you're done. 2. Yes, fun

[WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-02 Thread Josh Pepper
Hi all - I am having some trouble using a system property. My current goal is to make a backup copy of some *.cmd files in the System32 directory because on installation I will be overwriting them (and then on uninstall I will be restoring the backups, but I am not there yet). My current