Thanks Jeremy. It did the trick! -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using dism.exe in my custom action
You missed the wonderful file system redirector. Whichever of the two names you use, Windows forces the 32-bit custom action to use the file in SysWOW64. [WindowsFolder]Sysnative\dism.exe should do what you need. > From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lji...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:07 AM > > I am trying to use dism.exe in one of my custom actions for > Windows server 2008 R2. > > There are two dism.exe, one in c:\windows\system, the other > in c:\windows\syswow64. No matter which one I use, running > msi fails with this error: > > You cannot service a running 64-bit operating system with a > 32-bit version of DISM. Please use the version of DISM that > corresponds to your computer's architecture. > > Here is my custom action: > <!-- install .NET framework --> > <CustomAction Id="InstallNetFramework" > Property="InstallNetFrameworkDeferred" > Value='"[WindowsFolder]SysWOW64\dism.exe" > /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3' > Execute='immediate' > Return='check'/> > <CustomAction Id="InstallNetFrameworkDeferred" > BinaryKey='WixCA' > DllEntry="CAQuietExec" > Execute="deferred" > Return="check" > Impersonate="no" /> > > Did I miss anything? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
