Hi again, I believe I solved it (haven't done enough testing yet though!)! It seems that the property had to be set as "Secure=yes" since otherwise UAC will not allow it.
Will get back to you if I find that it is not solved. But I just tried an installation that earlier did not work and now it did! Thanks for all help so far anyway! Leo 2011/10/25 Leo Koivuniemi <universalserial...@gmail.com> > Hi, > thanks for fast reply! > > In the MSI log I can see that it actually finds the correct SETUPFOLDER > path from registry, but then there are some rows saying: > Ignoring disallowed property SETUPFOLDER > > But I can see that it finds the correct path because further down in the > log I have something like > > AppSearch: Property: SETUPFOLDER, Signature: SETUPFOLDER > MSI (c) (F0:80) [17:32:47:087]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 > MSI (c) (F0:80) [17:32:47:087]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SETUPFOLDER > property. Its value is '\\rrdb\xxx\xxx\Setup'. > > And then an .ini file is written and it now the log (almost at the very > end) says: > > MSI (s) (3C:44) [17:34:07:697]: Executing op: > IniWriteRemoveValue(Section=INSTANCE,Key=SetupFolder,,Mode=0) > WriteIniValues: File: xxx.ini, Section: INSTANCE, Key: SetupFolder, > Value: > > Note that the value: is empty. > > And then at the very very end of the log file it states the properties: > > Property(C): SETUPFOLDER = \\rrdb\xxx\xxx\Setup > > So again it has the correct value but it does not want to use it when > specifying the target of the shortcut. > > Hope this gives you some idea... > > Thankful for help! > > 2011/10/25 Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > >> What does the verbose log file show? >> >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Leo Koivuniemi < >> universalserial...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I am having some problems with an installation using Wix v3 >> > During install of application I run >> > >> > <Property Id="SETUPFOLDER"> >> > <RegistrySearch Id="SETUPFOLDER" Root="HKCU" >> > Key="SOFTWARE\$(var.Company)\$(var.Product)\Common" Name="SetupFolder" >> > Type="raw" /> >> > </Property> >> > >> > SETUPFOLDER is later used for setting the target of a shortcut in the >> start >> > menu. This works when I install or reinstall by running my bootstrapper >> > setup.exe which then starts the MSI package. But when applying patches >> for >> > instance or bypassig the setup.exe and running the MSI directly, then >> the >> > registry search returns C: or is just empty. When I check that path in >> > registry using regedit then I do find the correct value there but for >> some >> > reason the RegistrySearch fails and I can't figure out why. >> > >> > Notable is that this error does not exist in Windows XP, but now as I >> have >> > been porting it to Windows 7 I noticed this problem. So basically the >> code >> > should work, but it doesn't do that in Win7 (only works if I go through >> the >> > bootstrapper exe) >> > >> > Any suggestions? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Leo >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the >> > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. >> > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn >> > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WiX-users mailing list >> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the >> demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. >> Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn >> about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
