OK, your WIXUI_INSTALLDIR is fine. This is the source of your problem:
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs"> Why are you overriding this pre-defined value? By doing so, its functionality is destroyed. Remove the Name attribute. Liikewise, why are you overriding ProgramFilesFolder? The predefined value sets a nice default which you can still override via the UI. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS 66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: John Cooper Sent: Friday, January 9, 2015 12:54 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Extra Dir Created When Install Dir Has Spaces If it's done right, it shouldn't make a difference whether it is command line or UI driven. How is it set and what is the value of WIXUI_INSTALLDIR Property? -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS 66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Koufalis [mailto:p...@progresswiz.com] Sent: Friday, January 9, 2015 12:45 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Extra Dir Created When Install Dir Has Spaces Thank you and my apologies for not including this critical information. I am using WixUIExtensions so this is a graphical, interactive installation. My UI is a modified version of WixUI_InstallDir.wxs. I did verify that the problematic directory is not created until after you confirm installation via the UI. Also, the application installs correctly in C:\Program Files(x86)\protop3 or c:\My Apps\protop3. Everything works as expected EXCEPT this additional directory that is created. Paul -----Original Message----- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: January 9, 2015 13:33 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Extra Dir Created When Install Dir Has Spaces How are you passing it to the installer? If on the command line, the directory path needs to be "" delimited. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS 66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: Paul Koufalis [mailto:p...@progresswiz.com] Sent: Friday, January 9, 2015 12:29 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Extra Dir Created When Install Dir Has Spaces Wix Toolset 3.10 If I install my application in a directory with spaces (C:\Program Files, C:\My Apps) an extra directory is created (C:\Program or C:\My). Running msiexec with /l*vx doesn't show any trace of this directory being created in the log file. Can anyone help me to debug? Or make any suggestions? Relevant Code snippets: <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'> <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'> <Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='protop3' /> </Directory> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs"> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="Protop 3" /> </Directory> <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" /> </Directory> <Feature Id='Complete' Title='Protop 3' Description='Protop Complete Installation.' Display='expand' Level='1' ConfigurableDirectory='INSTALLDIR'> <Feature Id='MainProgram' Title='Program' Description='The main executable.' Level='1'> <ComponentRef Id='ProtopShortcut' /> <ComponentRef Id='Pt3InstShortcut' /> <ComponentRef Id='Pt3DbCfgShortcut' /> <ComponentRef Id='Pt3SvcShortcut' /> <ComponentRef Id='InstallPerms' /> <ComponentGroupRef Id='protopGroup' /> </Feature> </Feature> And my componentgroup looks like this : <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR"> <Directory Id="BinDirectory" Name="bin" /> <Directory Id="dir3E02976F57563947ADB6A8038DF4FCEF" Name="etc" /> <Directory Id="dir9817368147C56C18448096D3AFE90F6B" Name="util" /> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="protopGroup"> <Component Id="bindir" Directory="BinDirectory" Guid="{FFA1E36F-4CD7-4279-9395-8C8AB7C4F580}" > <CreateFolder /> </Component> <Component Id="cmp1F12EEE1D1752BEA0504C58E4E3C8591" Directory="INSTALLDIR" Guid="{72A2EAF9-3B73-4F99-BF63-581A0B0EFE75}"> <File Id="fil870B63C7FDEEF56BE8F094B1C692C920" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\pt3inst.bat" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! 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