You can happily build MSIs targeting the x64 platform on x86 boxes, there's no problem there. They just won't *run* on x86 boxes.
FWIW, I have a dedicated x86 VM for running WiX builds and I have never had a problem outputting MSI files targeting the x64 architecture. Sascha On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:56 AM, jeff00seattle <jeff_tan...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I just got into this thread. > > I need to create both x86 and x64 MSI installs, because x86 installs on x64 > boxes is messing me up because of the both the registry changes to > Wow6432Node and path changes to C:\Program Files (x86)\ > > So, to create a MSI to be truly x64 installed and not x86 installed on a x64 > architecture, I have to do WiX build of x64 MSI on x64 boxes, because x64 > MSIs cannot be built on x86 boxes? Is that was am reading? > > ----- > Thanks > Jeff in Seattle > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Install-x64-DLL-tp4912104p4947605.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
