Thanks Blair.

I set ALLUSERS to 1 in order to install to c:\program files by default
in both setups.

Anyway you're right: I actually don't need a per-user installation.
What I'm looking for is an option to make the program available in the
All users start menu.


On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote:
> Was the value of ALLUSERS property different between the two installations?
> Per-machine installations and per-user installations are basically in
> separate "worlds" for Windows Installer and shell components such as ARP
> show a combined view of both worlds.
>
> Most programs tend to be either per-user or per-machine, and most of the
> time you probably don't want to give the user a choice.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Louis [mailto:clientlo...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:35 AM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrade in per-user folder generates double entries in
> Add/Remove programs
>
> Hi,
>
> I modified the WixUI_Advanced sample to prevent downgrading by adding
> these lines:
>
>   <Upgrade Id="UPGRADE_CODE_UID">
>     <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="yes" Minimum="$(var.PRODUCTVERSION)"
> Property="NEWERVERSIONDETECTED" IncludeMinimum="no" />
>     <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="no" Maximum="$(var.PRODUCTVERSION)"
> Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED" IncludeMaximum="no" />
>   </Upgrade>
>   <Condition Message="A later version of [ProductName] is already
> installed. Setup will now exit.">
>     NOT NEWERVERSIONDETECTED OR Installed
>   </Condition>
>
>   Of course, UPGRADE_CODE_UID is the same UID than the product's
> UpgradeCode property.
>
>   This works well as long as I install to the per-machine folder.
>   Installing to the per-user folder generates a second entry in add /
> remove programs instead of upgrading the product.
>
> Any hints?
>
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