Moving this to wix-users. I was asking if I should create a feature request to ignore ICE38 in per-user installs. But after I asked I found another thread on wix-users (see link below) that pointed out if the user has the ability to choose the install location then multiple users could install to a common (i.e. non-per-user) location. ICE38 would apply in that case. So looks like I answered my own question.
Wes From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] Sent: February-18-14 12:14 PM To: WiX toolset developer mailing list Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] ICE38 on per-user installs These questions are better suited for wix-users mailing list. _______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:37 AM To: WiX toolset developer mailing list Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] ICE38 on per-user installs I just found this discussion: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-do-I-install-to-LocalAppData-folder-td7580065.html: "This is my own, admittedly inexpert, understanding of per-user installations: [...] The ICE38 error is slightly misleading: since you have a per-user installation, it's safe to ignore as long as the user cannot pick an alternative installation location that is common to all users. ICE38 is checking for the situation where multiple users all install the same component to the same path." So maybe there is no way wix can tell at build time if it's safe to ignore ICE38. It's up to the developer to ignore or not. Funny I'm finding lots of info on per-user installs now. Wes From: Wesley Manning Sent: February-18-14 11:20 AM To: wix-d...@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:wix-d...@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: ICE38 on per-user installs I recently ran into ICE38 when trying to create a per-user install. One opinion was ICE38 is invalid and should only apply to per-machine installs. What do you guys think? Should I add a feature request for wix to ignore ICE38 if install set as per-user? Wes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
