Re: [WiX-users] Problem reading Environment variables

The documentation for the WriteEnvironmentStrings action @ http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/aa372883.aspx state that the variables are not effective in the current installation. So when you launch your console app from the installer process the environment variables are inherited from the install

[WiX-users] Problem reading Environment variables

Hi, I set few environment variables from my wix installer, and refer them from a console application (C#), whcih gets launched at the end of my WiX installer. (I have a custom action to launch that console app, when the user presses the 'Finish' button of the msi) But my console application fails