Where do I begin... First off I suppose I should say hello, it's been ages since I posted as our lovingly tailored installers have been carefree for sometime now.
Here is my problem... Vista. Our application installs all manner of tutorial files that our users frequently mess about with and change, even our software changes these files. Sadly with Vista came a rule that stops users from changing files in the Program Files folder if they are a non admin. It employs some twisted mess called a virtual store, I haven't really looked into this a great deal as I've been working elsewhere and the support team raised the issue. I have attempted to suggest sensible places we may want to put our files, application data folder for example (if I could find a common one that all users could use). Even the desktop. Sadly everyone apart from me is rather keen on using the root of the C drive, or windows drive. I was unhappy with this on the grounds that it's not 1994 and this isn't Windows for workgroups. In this day and age surly there is somewhere more sensible to put such files. Now I meet a problem, how do I even get the installer to do this? I used TARGETDIR working on the assumption that this pointed to the root of the windows drive. It seems I was wrong, it points to the last drive, or the drive with the most room (again I have gone on word of mouth here). So now I'm faced with having to find a work around for what I suspect it something that is there on purpose.. A lack of a property that points at the root of the windows directory. I'm reminded of when I used to work in a laser lab, most laser labs have an interlock to shut the laser down when you walk into the room without a key, they also have a large wall between you and the equiptment to reduce the amount of laser beam you are exposed to. My boss used a mirror to see around that wall. I maybe blowing this out of proportion, maybe putting files in the root of C is what all the kids are doing these days and I'm just out of touch, maybe there is a property I can use for this, but I haven't found it... Failing all this, maybe there is somewhere sensible I can put these files on a Vista machine. I look forward to the responses :) The information contained in this e-mail is likely to be confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the addressee. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately at the above address. The disclosure, copying or distribution of this message or its contents without the prior approval of Wallingford Software is strictly prohibited. Wallingford Software is not liable for unauthorised disclosures nor for subsequent actions or omissions in reliance upon them. Registered in the UK, company no: 02288719 Wallingford Software Limited, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
