Hi,
The correct way to install 64 and 32 bit files onto a 64bit system is
with separate packages, see...
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2008/01/15/different-packages-are-required-for-different-processor-architectures.aspx
>From what I understand you want to install everything into the same folder
>(which will get redirected automatically by windows) and then tie into
>explorer by inserting a key into the 64bit registry.
If you are determined to do this from one 32bit msi then it may be possible if
you author your own registry custom action that passes the extra parameters,
see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384129(VS.85).aspx
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Nate Hekman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 22 September 2009 18:22
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing 64-bit shell extension with a 32-bit app
I'm new at this, so certainly correct me if I'm wrong, but installing it in a
different folder doesn't sound kosher to me. The user, for example, may have
picked a completely different folder to install to, say "L:\My Install Folder".
In that case my BINDIR will map to "L:\My Install
Folder\MyCompany\MyApplication\Bin". I can't force the 64-bit dlls into a
completely different part of their filesystem.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brant Gurganus [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 10:48 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing 64-bit shell extension with a 32-bit app
What is preventing you from installing it in the 64-bit program files where it
is supposed to go?
Brant Gurganus
http://gurganus.name/brant
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Nate Hekman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a 32-bit application that include a 32-bit shell extension dll
> that handles thumbnails and a few other shell extensions. I want to
> add a 64-bit version of that same dll to the mix to get the same
> thumbnails et al working in 64-bit Windows Explorer.
>
>
>
> Can someone tell me (or point me to documentation) what the proper way
> is to do this?
>
>
>
> Here's what I've been using for the 32-bit dll. The RegistryValue
> line with [BINDIR] in the Value is the line that causes me trouble
> when I get to 64-bit.
>
>
>
> <DirectoryRef Id="BINDIR">
>
> <Component Id="GSIShell"
> Guid="2EAEEF9B-7385-4d12-811C-68E26FB5E66D">
>
> <File Id="GSIShellDLL" Source="$(var.TargetDir)GSI.Shell.dll"
> KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/>
>
> <RegistryKey Root="HKCR"
> Key="CLSID\{5D1A01C2-BD6D-45c7-BC8E-C419E2F08B70}"
> Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
>
> <RegistryValue Type="string" Value="GszIconShlExt Class"/>
>
> <RegistryKey Key="InprocServer32"
> Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
>
> <RegistryValue Type="string"
> Value="[BINDIR]\gsi.shell.dll"/>
>
> <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ThreadingModel"
> Value="Apartment"/>
>
> </RegistryKey>
>
> </RegistryKey>
>
> </Component>
>
> </DirectoryRef>
>
>
>
> [BINDIR] is defined earlier in the .wxs file as:
>
>
>
> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
>
> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
>
> <Directory Id="COMPANYDIR" Name="MyCompany">
>
> <Directory Id="SOFTWAREDIR" Name="MyApplication">
>
> <Directory Id="BINDIR" Name="Bin"/>
>
> </Directory>
>
> </Directory>
>
> </Directory>
>
>
>
> So on a 64-bit OS that installs the GSI.Shell.dll file into C:\Program
> Files (x86)\MyCompany\MyApplication\Bin, and the Registry key
> HKCR\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{5D1A01C2-BD6D-45c7-BC8E-C419E2F08B70}\InprocSe
> rv
> er32's value is "C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MyCompany\MyApplication\Bin\gsi.shell.dll".
>
>
>
> Then I add the 64-bit dll similarly. The file needs to be placed in
> the same bin folder as the 32-bit version, but I want to be editing
> the 64-bit portion of the Registry, so I add Win64="yes" to the Component.
>
>
>
> <DirectoryRef Id="BINDIR">
>
> <Component Id="GSIShell64"
> Guid="2EAEEF9B-7385-4d12-811C-68E26FB5E66D" Win64="yes">
>
> <File Id="GSIShell64DLL"
> Source="$(var.TargetDir)GSI.Shell64.dll" KeyPath="yes"
> Checksum="yes"/>
>
> <RegistryKey Root="HKCR"
> Key="CLSID\{5D1A01C2-BD6D-45c7-BC8E-C419E2F08B70}"
> Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
>
> <RegistryValue Type="string" Value="GszIconShlExt64 Class"/>
>
> <RegistryKey Key="InprocServer32"
> Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
>
> <RegistryValue Type="string"
> Value="[BINDIR]\gsi.shell64.dll"/>
>
> <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="ThreadingModel"
> Value="Apartment"/>
>
> </RegistryKey>
>
> </RegistryKey>
>
> </Component>
>
> </DirectoryRef>
>
>
>
> This gives me an error on the RegistryValue line with [BINDIR] in the
> Value:
>
>
>
> Error LGHT0204: ICE80: This 64BitCompnent GSIShell64 uses
> 32BitDirectory BINDIR.
>
>
>
> I've done a lot of googling and most responses are "you shouldn't be
> installing 64-bit dlls with a 32-bit app". But that's absolutely not
> true, as these dlls are used by the shell, not by my application.
> There must be other people with this same problem. What's the solution?
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
>
>
>
>
> Nate
>
>
>
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