I want to place some database files in the user's My Documents folder in a
folder for the app. In disassembling the MSI file that windows installer
creates, I found the name to use for the folder. But when I try to use it,
I get ICE64 saying the directory is in the user profile but not in the
RemoveFile table. I tried adding both a RemoveFile for the file, and for
the directory, and also a RemoveFile for the file and a RemoveFolder for the
directory. Now if I place the files directly in My Documents, it works.
Here's the source I'm using:
<Directory Id="PersonalFolder" SourceName="User's Personal Data
Folder">
<Directory Id="PEData" Name="PatientEstimator">
<Component Id="PEDataFiles"
Guid="{B949B17B-150D-4f99-999C-978DC7573967}">
<File Id="PEDB" Name="PatientEstimator.db"
Source="c:\source\barry\patientestimator.db" >
</File>
<RemoveFile Id ="PEDB" Name="PatientEstimator.db" Directory
="PersonalFolder" On ="uninstall"/>
<RemoveFile Id="PEData" Name="PatientEstimator"
Directory="PersonalFolder" On ="uninstall"/>
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU"
Key="Software\Microsoft\PatientEstimator" Name="installed" Type="integer"
Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
I've watched Rob's video, and gone through the tutorial, but am still
looking for any more documentation that might give me a better
understanding. For example, I've not really run into anything that
describes the Remove. directives and what the restrictions are.
I'm just learning how to use Wix, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dan
"We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act, but
rather a habit" - Aristotle
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