John, you shouldn't have to preserve Directory paths if a Component is installed in it. You do need to preserve any Property values that you want persisted.
Steve, sorry, I usually point people to the verbose log file to help them jump start their investigation. I unfortunately don't have time to root cause all the issues people post here from scratch. On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:22 AM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > Chances are really good that you're not correctly preserving the complete > directory tree where those files are going. In many ways, a patch is just > a repair on one feature. The Windows Installer Service has no memory of > your whole directory tree. Generally, you have to preserve things like > INSTALLLOCATION or INSTALLFOLDER in your registry and recovery them using a > registry search for repair and patch to work properly. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer - ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:04 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] When doing a REPAIR, all files are going into 1 > folder instead of the specific folders... > > Any idea Rob? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Weird-Repair-happening-tp7583229p7583292.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are > intended > exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The > message, > together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged > information. > Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or > distribution > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
