I am trying to create a perUser installation package for an application that will install to the "ProgramFilesFolder" (which should be something like %LocalAppData%\Programs for a perUser installation). This works fine when everything is defined in the installer project, but when I make an installer based on a WiX library project containing that directory structure referencing "ProgramFilesFolder", the perUser setting (defined in the installer project) doesn't seem to take effect - the installer warns that it could not access the "Program Files" directory. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
Here are the files: Library.wxs (in ProductInstallerLibrary project): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Fragment> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="My Sample Application" /> </Directory> </Directory> </Fragment> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER"> <Component Id="ProductComponent" Guid="699A9167-3AA0-49FF-919B-F1CE4DBBB2C3"> <RegistryValue KeyPath="yes" Root="HKCU" Key="SOFTWARE\SHARECON\MySampleApplication" Name="InstallFolder" Type="string" Value="[INSTALLFOLDER]" Action="write" /> <File Source="$(var.MySampleApplication.TargetPath)" /> <RemoveFolder Id="INSTALLFOLDER" On="uninstall" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> </Wix> Product.wxs (in ProductInstaller project, referencing the ProductInstallerLibrary project): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="*" Name="ProductInstaller" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Sharecon A/S" UpgradeCode="105d31b7-6d08-44de-9b77-55588b58de87"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" /> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." /> <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" /> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="ProductInstaller" Level="1"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" /> </Feature> </Product> </Wix> Development environment: Visual Studio 2010, WiX 3.7. Thomas Magle Brodersen SHARECON A/S E-mail: t...@sharecon.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
