Setting ARPINSTALLLOCATION allows retrieval of the location using MsiGetProductInfo(...INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION...) so I guess the "other than storing registry keys" requirement would be met, but storing/retrieving the install location from the registry is trivial anyway with built-in MSI functionality. Sanjay doesn't say why the registry method is ruled out.
Alternatively, if you know of a component that is in that primary install folder, then do a component search for it via AppSearch to set the path. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation I believe the registry is the only way: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets-Remember-Pr operty-pattern You could set the ARPINSTALLLOCATION http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2011/1/14/ARPINSTALLLOCATION-and-how- to-set-it-with-the-WiX-toolset but I don't know how you would recall that. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: 02 February 2011 19:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation Hi, Every time when I upgrade my software, install location dialog shows the default install location, It does not picks the previously installed location automatically. Is there any way to do this other than storing/searching registry keys. Pointer to a article is also welcome. Thanks in advance. Regards, Sanjay Rao ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ 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 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (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 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
