I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all 
the new standard directories on Vista.  It sounds like we'll need to do that.  
Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new 
standard folders provided by the Vista shell?

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04
To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir

Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys.... However there is no property 
set for c:\users\public.

So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another 
method?

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir

Try specifying l*v instead of lv.

Dana
On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:

Ok I ran the verbose install like this:



msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that 
shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it 
wasn't listed at all.



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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir



My other idea:  try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right 
now, or I'd try it for you).  Take a look at the properties at the end of the 
log, is the property you need in there somewhere?  You might be able to use it 
the same way.

Dana

On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

The problem is that it's not in the list.



Users\public is new "common" directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every 
install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well.



The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit .



Since it's not a "named" folder is there another way to expand the variable?



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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir



Jeff:

If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx

The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the 
beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest.
<Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
 <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>   <<<<----------- this is 
the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above.

Dana

On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

Any help?





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Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir



I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the 
target machine but I am unsure how to do this.



How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element?



Thanks,

Jeff

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