Thanks, both of you.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
