You can always use custom action to write that part of the Registry. However that would not be politically correct. I mean, using CA when MSI database solution is available. Unfortunately sometimes it appears as if MSI people do everything they can to force us to use CAs even in cases which look relatively easy to cover in MSI.
On WiX side new WiX patching should be able to cover this scenario if it works as advertised - it allows you to select the set of components affected by patching. Just exclude your Registry component and you're done. Again unfortunately new patching has issues of its own like: - binary delta patching doesn't work in some cases - nobody seems to know how is file sequencing handled, which is pretty important if you have a lot of files that may change and may release more than one patch - nobody seems to know if it is possible to have multiple targets Plus it is possible that new patching excluding a specific registry component still doesn't work since this looks like the installer service problem, rather than something specific for WiX -----Original Message----- From: Athay, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 5:43 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Excluding registry entries from patching I have a problem where I am specifying a registry entry in a component that writes out the INSTALLDIR property to the registry. My problem is that patches to this MSI always reset the INSTALLDIR to the default value (the Windows Installer default is C:\Program Files) I need to either A) find a way of excluding that part of my install from patching, or B) find a way to make sure that the MSP always sets INSTALLDIR to what the original installation directory was before it processes the patch so that the registry will still be valid after patching. Any suggestions? -- David Athay | CE Up & Running Team | Intuit, Inc. | Work: (858) 215-7149 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
