IIRC, Windows Installer doesn't let you change the install location of files as part of a Maintenance Mode. I thought I read that as some fine print in MSI SDK but always hard to find the data later... of course, my memory could be off as well.
_______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Adam Kadzban [mailto:mightyshorta...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:08 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Changing install path of single feature in "change" mode I'd like to completely move the application from Location X to Location Y. If I'm understanding you correctly, the "Change" functionality only allows you to modify which features are installed, not _how_ they are installed (i.e. install location). Is the only solution to force the user to uninstall and reinstall? On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Carter Young <ecyo...@grandecom.net> wrote: > > Are you saying that you want to Move the Application already installed > in Location X to Location Y with it still installed in X? If that's > the case you can't as the MSI only supports Uninstalling Location X > from the Control Panel, and reinstalling in Location Y, unless you > allow multiple GUIDs, which I highly don't recommend. One way to > accomplish part of your task is to write the Settings you need from > Location X to a Configuration File in the %AppData% folder, and then > include the config settings in the wix setup deployment > > Carter > > Quoting Adam Kadzban <mightyshorta...@gmail.com>: > > > I don't see how a checkbox will help with my problem. I have an > application > > installed in folder X. I want to run the installer and change the > > application to be installed to folder Y. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Carter Young > > <ecyo...@grandecom.net> > wrote: > > > >> Then use the checkbox I recommended earlier. > >> > >> Carter > >> > >> On Thursday, April 03, 2014 09:50:37 PM Adam Kadzban wrote: > >> >Thanks for the reply Carter, but I'm not using the Feature Tree. > >> >The WixUI_InstallDir template is just Welcome -> License -> > >> >InstallDir -> VerifyReady -> Complete. > >> > > >> >There's only one feature to this application, I just want to "Change" > >> the > >> >install and move the files to a different location. > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> >Adam Kadzban > >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
