Hi Bob... For #2, we have some installation stuff we only want done once (the stuff that the custom action does). So the first thing the custom action exe does is try to check the registry setting to see if it's been done (that's what's failing now). When the custom action code is done, it sets that registry flag to show it's been done. As I said a lot that stuff just used to slide by in Windows Server 2003 when running as an administrator...
Thanks Mark -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010 On 19-Jul-11 11:10, Mark Modrall wrote: > 1) Looking at the installer log, it's unpacking into a directory other than > the INSTALLDIR; throughout I've been a little confused going to 3.5 about the > relation of INSTALLDIR and TARGETDIR; did TARGETDIR supplant/replace > INSTALLDIR? As noted before, I used to have my root<Directory > Id="INSTALLDIR"> and 3.5 said it had to be TARGETDIR; was I to take from > that it should be TARGETDIR throughout? WiX v2 and v3 have the same requirements about TARGETDIR, because that's what MSI requires. INSTALLDIR is just a convention. > 2) I have a custom action in my installer, and that needs to look at/tweak > registry settings. Custom actions should be avoided for things like registry that MSI already handles. What do you need to do that you can't do in MSI? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
