Re: [WiX-users] registry search overridden when "Program Files" encountered

2012-02-10 Thread Pally Sandher
012 21:06 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] registry search overridden when "Program Files" encountered Here is the situation: I have this application that is available both as 32-bit and 64-bit. Now I'm building an installe

Re: [WiX-users] registry search overridden when "Program Files" encountered

2012-02-09 Thread Marius Bancila
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Re: [WiX-users] registry search overridden when "Program Files" encountered

2012-02-09 Thread Pally Sandher
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Re: [WiX-users] registry search overridden when "Program Files" encountered

2012-02-09 Thread jhennessey
Windows Installer does this be design so you really shouldn't try working around it. But, see this post for more information: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-allow-32-bit-installer-to-write-to-C-Program-Files-td5544693.html#a5550286 http://windows-installer-xml

[WiX-users] registry search overridden when "Program Files" encountered

2012-02-09 Thread Marius Bancila
Hi, I have the following problem installing to a path read from the registry. I'm using WIX 3.5 (and currently testing on a Win7 64-bit). I'm doing a registry search like this: Then I use it like this: