Hey! I think I was able to finally solve this issue which also related so
other issues with alternate patching not working. The reason for all the
trouble seemed to be the use of RegistryKey entries for non advertised
shortcuts in the related components. Original wix for example:
<Component Id="Component1" Guid="{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}">
<File Id="File1" Name="My File" Vital="yes"
Source="$(var.PATH)\Filename.exe">
<Shortcut Id="Shortcut1" Directory="ProductProgramMenuFolder" Name="File
Name" WorkingDirectory="directoryBin">
</File>
<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Product\NamedDirectory\Uninstall">
<RegistryValue Value="0" Type="string" KeyPath="yes" />
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
To fix the problem I had to remove the registrykey and set the shortcut as
advertised as follows:
<Component Id="Component1" Guid="{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}">
<File Id="File1" Name="My File" Vital="yes"
Source="$(var.PATH)\Filename.exe">
<Shortcut Id="Shortcut1" Directory="ProductProgramMenuFolder" Name="File
Name" WorkingDirectory="directoryBin" Advertise="yes">
</File>
</Component>
In case anyone else out there has a similar issue, after making this change
everything worked fine!
XorPtr wrote:
>
> This is actually another cry for help on what's probably a related issue
> with installing a patch when users install to an alternate directory. The
> original issue was that when patching our product the patch only works
> when the user installs to the default directory, if they choose their own
> the patch does not work. The result of this was due to the patched files
> installing into the default directory rather than the install directory.
> Upon further investigation the same issue also occurs when repairing the
> product if it is installed to a different directory. Removing the product
> has a similar issue in not removing the files unless they're in the
> default directory. At this point I'm confident the problem goes beyond
> the patch and I'm making a basic mistake with the windows installer, but I
> have no idea what I'm doing wrong.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Big Jim.
>
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