Also if these are shared COM components (installed by other products) it's probably not a good idea to give the user a choice at install time. You want them in a common location (but separated by bitness).
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:33 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to install a 32-bit COM server DLL under ProgramFiles64Folder? On 3/11/2010 6:02 PM, Paul Baker wrote: > We give the user a choice of install location for our 64-bit > components, which defaults to "Program Files\Product Name". Should we > create a parallel "Program Files (x86)\Product Name" folder for the > 32-bit components? If so, what should happen if the user decides to > install the 64-bit components to a different location? > Personally, I'd vote for "nothing." Unless a product is bigger than, say, 100MB, even folks like me who partition their drives tightly to keep small C: drives won't much care. (Remember that MSI keeps a copy of your .msi and Windows 7, it's the whole .msi.) > One alternative that I have seen several times is to install the > 32-bit components into "Program Files (x86)\Common Files". Are there > any drawbacks to going against the stated purpose of CommonFilesFolder > ("for components that are shared across applications") in this way? > Not that I know of. The most important thing is to keep files in the right directory tree according to bitness. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
