1. Are you using WiX v2 or v3? In v3, I believe the "Platforms" attribute is deprecated in favor of "Platform", because an MSI package can only actually be set to a single platform. Setting Platform="x64" definitely works on Vista x64 -- that's the way we build Wix3_x64.msi. You do NOT need the 64bit install of WiX in order to build 64bit MSIs. (You only need Wix3_x64.msi if you want to integrate with 64bit MSBuild, which is rarely done for now.)
2. A 32bit MSI cannot install anything to any 64bit system folders or the 64bit registry. As you found, attempting to do so results in a silent redirect. Therefore if you must install something to ProgramFiles64 or CommonFiles64 etc then you need a 64bit MSI. But then because a 64bit MSI cannot install at all on a 32bit OS, you will need to build two separate MSIs to cover both platforms. It is an unfortunate limitation in the way MSI supports 64bit platforms. -Jason- -----Original Message----- From: Martin MacPherson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit installer questions (simple) I don't really know anything about 64-bit installations but as far as I can see there is a 64-bit version of wix..perhaps that might help? http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4603.0/ 2008/10/17 Michael Owings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This is certainly more of a Windows Installer question, but here goes: > > 1) I've noticed that my MSI will not run on a Vista-64 box if I add the > Platforms="x64" attribute. The error is something to the effect of : > "This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application > vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package." The > 32-bit version works fine under vista. What might be the cause of this? > Do I need a 64-bit version of wix? Should my custom actions dll be build > 64-bit? The MSI can be opened with Orca and examined without issues. > > 2) Really, I don't *have* to have a 64-bit installer, as my install > package is mixed anyway. Things basically work perfectly as-is, but I'm > seeing a directory which I've given the Id CommonFiles64Folder being > transformed to the x86 version of the path. From the log: > > PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying CommonFiles64Folder property. Its current > value is 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\'. Its new value: 'C:\Program > Files (x86)\Common Files\'. > > The component it contains is marked Win64="yes" (it's a 64-bit dll). > > The MS docs for this property don't lead me to believe that it would > change in this manner, but I must be misunderstanding something about 32 > versus 64-bit installs. Any hints would be appreciated, although the > issue is easy enough to work around. It's just bugging me that I don't > understand why this is happening. > > Thanx -- m > > -- > Teleoperate a roving mobile robot from the web: > http://www.swampgas.com/robotics/rover.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
