It's a good thing to set ARPINSTALLOCATION anyway. Any company with management or inventory tools that use the standard MSI APIs can then use MsiGetProductInfo (...INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION...) or equivalent to find the install directory chosen by the customer. Or for upgrades you may need to know where the old version was installed and using the official APIs is one of the better ways to do that.
Phil Wilson On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Tony <yellowjacketl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wait, after re-reading Blair's email 2-4 times, I realized what he is > suggesting. Correct me if I'm wrong... > > I don't need to bother with ARPINSTALLLOCATION at all, instead I should use > AppSearch/ComponentSearch at startup (during uninstall/upgrade) for a > "well-known" component (mostly one in MYROOTDIR) and somehow (this is where > I'm a bit unclear) use the search results to set MYROOTDIR. > > That sounds like a great idea. I'll need to look into > AppSearch/ComponentSearch a bit more to determine how I would leverage it > to obtain the currently installed "well-known" component's install > directory. > > Thanks. > > > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Blair Murri <os...@live.com> wrote: > > > You would need to set either MYROOTDIR or FEAT1DIR (whichever is the most > > parent you are using) from an AppSearch of some sort. Best is to use a > > component search if you have a component using the parent-most directory > > you are using. You could use a registry search to retrieve > > ARPINSTALLLOCATION if you don’t have a component handy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Blair > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Tony > > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 5:26 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, how best can I resolve this issue? Given the directory structure > > below... > > > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > > <Directory Id="MYROOTDIR" Name="Company"> <!-- we don't install > under > > program files, by default --> > > <Directory Id="FEAT1DIR" Name="Feature1"/> > > </Directory> > > </Directory> > > > > I allow the installer to change MYROOTDIR during the UI sequence, so some > > time _after_ the UI sequence I'll need to set ARPINSTALLLOCATION (during > > install only). During uninstall/upgrade how do I retreive the > > InstallLocation value? Will it be set to ARPINSTALLLOCATION by Windows > > Installer? Or do I need to read the registry myself with a > > AppSearch/RegLocator? > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Blair Murri <os...@live.com> wrote: > > > > > And that is part of the reason for the best practice advice to not use > > > TARGETDIR for anything except the "parent" of directories that are > > defined > > > by well known system paths. > > > > > > -Blair > > > > > > > From: r...@robmensching.com > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:32:25 +0000 > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] InstallLocation (reg value) vs TARGETDIR vs > > > Volume free space... > > > > > > > > Depends how you defined InstallLocation in your Directory tree. The > > > TARGETDIR behavior you noted is the Windows Installer documented > > behavior. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > > > > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 2:04 AM > > > > To: WiX Users > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] InstallLocation (reg value) vs TARGETDIR vs > Volume > > > free space... > > > > > > > > We have couple of environments in which C: has less free space than > E:. > > > > During install we select C:\... for installation and the product > > > installs and runs fine. However, during uninstall, TARGETDIR is set to > > E: > > > which causes the uninstall to fail. We have worked around this issue > by > > > explicitly setting TARGETDIR on the command line when we uninstall. > This > > > is far from ideal. > > > > > > > > I noticed today in the Uninstall registry tree entry for our product, > > > that InstallLocation value is not set. If this were correctly set to > > C:\... > > > > would this fix our issue? 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