I'm with Phill on this one, I've used that scheme too. It's unusual (well to me at least) for multiple users to be updating the same file like that in a non-database type of situation, and arranging for users to get their own copy isn't too difficult if that works for the application. You can even arrange for Windows to do that automatically if the file is a key file in User's Application Data and you have an advertised shortcut that will install the file on demand for other users.
The place for public shared files is C:\Users\Public, for which there is no Windows Installer folder property - a variation on Phill's idea would be for the app to copy the template to that location from CommonAppData when the app first runs. --------------- Phil Wilson On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Phill Hogland <phogl...@rimage.com> wrote: > You might consider, for a per-machine setup, installing a 'template' to a > single location under CommonAppDataFolder\somefolder (typically > C:\ProgramData\...). > > Design the application so that if it needs to write user specific > information, it should manage reading the default template and writing the > user specific data to the user's area (typically i C:\Users\<username>\...) > . When a new version is deployed to CommonAppDataFolder the application > needs update any specialized copies it created in a user's space. This is > the approach which we are using successfully. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Accessing-files-copied-to-the-ProgramFiles-folder-during-the-installation-tp7600401p7600406.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
