I can't reproduce this. I tried searching for
[CommonAppDataFolder]sean\test.xml.  Both v3.8 and v3.9 found it.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Tobias Erichsen <i...@tobias-erichsen.de>
wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>  when creating a new version of a burn bootstrapper (using wix 3.9), I
> noticed that the
> util:FileSearch did not work as I thought it would.
>
>  I tried to find a textfile in an application-specific c:\programdata
> sub-folder:
>
>  <util:FileSearch Id="ShowFrontendFile"
> Path="[CommonAppDataFolder]TE-SYSTEMS\anynode
> frontend\showFrontend.xzconfig"
> Result="exists"
> Variable="ShowFrontend"/>
>
>  Unfortunately this did not work out:  The burn logfile always said:
>
>  File search: ShowFrontendFile, did not find path:
> C:\ProgramData\TE-SYSTEMS\anynode frontend\showFrontend.xzconfig
>
>  When I copied this path into the explorer, the file opened without
> problems.
>
>  When I exchange the text-file in this location by a file containing a
> pe-header (a dll file),  the FileSearch succeeded.
>
>  Should I be opening a ticket for this issue?
>
>  Best regards,
> Tobias
>
>
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