The documentation for the WriteEnvironmentStrings action @ http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/aa372883.aspx state that the variables are not effective in the current installation. So when you launch your console app from the installer process the environment variables are inherited from the installer process which will not include your new environment variables.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:21 AM, sandun css <sandun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I set few environment variables from my wix installer, and refer them from > a > console application (C#), whcih gets launched at the end of my WiX > installer. (I have a custom action to launch that console app, when the > user > presses the 'Finish' button of the msi) > > But my console application fails to read the env. variables set by the msi. > When I look at the env varibles (from 'control panel -> System -> Advanced > System settings -> Env variables'), I can see them as well. > > I am using Windows Server 2008. > > Can you please advice me on this? > > Thanks, > Sandun > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Heath Stewart Deployment Technologies Team, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
