This issue only seems to occur for certain machines. Most people that use the installer can switch directories with no issue.
However, on my machine, the installer always puts the files into the default directory, even when I change it during the UI sequence (using the WixUI_InstallDir UI). I looked at the verbose log, and it looks like the server-side of the execute sequence isn't accepting the property containing the new directory selected during the UI sequence. I get this line in line 330 of the log: MSI (s) (94:B0) [14:17:26:180]: Ignoring disallowed property INSTALLDIR I can see the correct property value being passed to the server-side earlier in line 263 of the log: MSI (c) (F4:38) [14:17:15:705]: Switching to server: NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENT="#1" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\myDir\" TARGETDIR="C:\" CURRENTDIRECTORY="C:\TEMP" CLIENTUILEVEL="0" CLIENTPROCESSID="1268" USERNAME="IT department" SOURCEDIR="C:\TEMP\" ACTION="INSTALL" EXECUTEACTION="INSTALL" ROOTDRIVE="C:\" INSTALLLEVEL="1" WIXUI_INSTALLDIR_VALID="1" SECONDSEQUENCE="1" ADDLOCAL=ProductFeature I have an Windows XP virtual machine that I've tried this with, and it all works correctly, which makes me think it might be an admin/privileges issue, but I might be way off on that. I've tried setting the WIXUI_INSTALLDIR property's Secure attribute to yes, thinking that might allow it to cross to the server-side, but I didn't have any luck with that. <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR" Secure="yes" /> Any ideas on why the INSTALLDIR property is disallowed on the server-side? Thanks _____________________________________ Joe Tilley FW Murphy Software Engineer Office (918) 317-4130 Email jtil...@fwmurphy.com “This message and any attachments may contain FW Murphy information that is highly confidential, privileged, and exempt from disclosure. Any recipient other than the intended recipient is advised that dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately, plus delete the message and any backups.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
