ok, now I know what happend... When I start a cmd prompt from inside Total Commander... the %ProgramFiles% folder maps to C:\Program Files (x86) ... but when the cmd prompt is started from Windows ... everything is correct.. Total Commander is a 32-bit program ... maybe thats why?!? ... weired though...
/Jimmie 2010/5/18 Jimmie Eriksson <eriksson.jim...@gmail.com> > Jesus, I just check my coworkers computers and all of them map > %ProgramFiles% to C:\Program Files ... I was wrong... I wonder how this > happend!? > I can't remember ever changing this system variable... which seems like a > very bad idéa.. > > 2010/5/18 Jimmie Eriksson <eriksson.jim...@gmail.com> > > %PROGRAMFILES% maps to C:\Program Files (x86) on a 64-bit system. >> On my system the variable %ProgramW6432% maps to C:\Program Files. But >> that variable ain't existing on a 32-bit system. >> >> /Jimmie >> >> 2010/5/16 Kristoffer Danielsson <kristoffer.daniels...@live.se> >> >> >>> What happens if you specify %PROGRAMFILES%? It always maps to C:\Program >>> Files. >>> >>> > Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 19:07:32 +0200 >>> > From: eriksson.jim...@gmail.com >>> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch converts value data >>> > >>> > Can you explain the StringTools solution? >>> > >>> > 2010/5/14 Matt Johnson <ma...@timeamerica.com> >>> > >>> > > Not sure why. I had the same problem. I used the StringTools custom >>> > > action from the msiext project to take the " (x86) back out. If >>> there's an >>> > > easier way, I'd be glad to know. >>> > > >>> > > BTW - I checked that specific key, and it is indeed just "Program >>> Files", >>> > > in both the regular x64 root and the wow x86 key - so it's not that >>> it's >>> > > pulling from the wrong place. >>> > > >>> > > Perhaps there's a property to set to tell MSI not to do this >>> replacement? >>> > > >>> > > Matt Johnson MCPD, MCTS, MCSD, MCDBA >>> > > Director of Application Development >>> > > Time America, Inc. >>> > > ma...@timeamerica.com | www.timeamerica.com >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > -----Original Message----- >>> > > From: Jimmie Eriksson [mailto:eriksson.jim...@gmail.com] >>> > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:42 AM >>> > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > > Subject: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch converts value data >>> > > >>> > > Hi >>> > > >>> > > Anyone who can tell me why my RegistrySearch converts the value >>> contained >>> > > in >>> > > the registry? >>> > > >>> > > <Property Id="HELPINSTALLDIR"> >>> > > <RegistrySearch Id='HelpInstallRegistry' Type='raw' Root='HKLM' >>> > > Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Help\v1.0' Name='AppRoot' /> >>> > > </Property> >>> > > >>> > > The actual value in registry is... >>> > > AppRoot = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v1.0\ >>> > > >>> > > But according to the log file upon installation C:\Program >>> Files\Microsoft >>> > > Help Viewer\v1.0\ converts into C:\Program Files *(x86)*\Microsoft >>> Help >>> > > Viewer\v1.0\ >>> > > when using it in a custom action >>> > > >>> > > <CustomAction Id="SetHELPInstaller" Return="check" >>> Execute="immediate" >>> > > Property="HELPInstaller" Value="[HELPINSTALLDIR]HelpLibManager.exe" >>> /> >>> > > >>> > > from log.. >>> > > MSI (s) (08:78) [16:20:59:102]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding HELPInstaller >>> > > property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Help >>> > > Viewer\v1.0\HelpLibManager.exe' >>> > > >>> > > The folder on disk: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v1.0\ >>> > > >>> > > So this seems like a bug where all strings containing Program Files >>> found >>> > > in >>> > > registry converts to Program Files (x86) >>> > > >>> > > /Jimmie >>> > > >>> > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > 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 >>> > > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > WiX-users mailing list >>> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Hotmail i mobilen på 5 sekunder! >>> >>> http://new.windowslivemobile.msn.com/SE-SE/windows-live-hotmail/default.aspx >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
