[WiX-users] MSI changing explicit INSTALLLOCATION value

I have a 64-bit MSI that I build with WiX. There is a bootstrapper that launches the MSI. It passes a couple of parameters along to control the install. I'm finding, running on 64-bit Windows 7, that MSI is changing the value of INSTALLLOCATION unexpectedly. I explicitly pass in "C:\Prog

Re: [WiX-users] What kind of shortcut am I looking at? (finished question)

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[WiX-users] What kind of shortcut am I looking at? (finished question)

Sorry, I accidentally sent before done typing. My google skills are failing me, and thought people here might be able to point me in the right direction. I'm charged with producing a new installer for a product using WiX. The application architecture is that of a bare-bones shell that 1) re

[WiX-users] What kind of shortcut am I looking at?

I'm charged with producing a new installer for a product using WiX. The application architecture is that of a bare-bones shell that 1) reads the name of a configuration file from the command line, then 2) reads in a list of .NET assemblies to load from the configuration file. It's ---

[WiX-users] Heat and .exe COM objects

I have an old out-of-process COM object that is wrapped in an EXE. It uses the /regserver and /unregserver command line parameters to register and unregister the COM object. Heat appears to treat this as an ordinary executable, ignoring the fact that it's a COM object. Can Heat extract the C

Re: [WiX-users] How should I approach modularization?

eclarations, and add elements inside either your element or one of your elements. -Original Message----- From: JK E-Lists [mailto:jkli...@ifm-services.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:28 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How should I approach modularization?

[WiX-users] How should I approach modularization?

I'm a total WiX noob, so please bear with me here. :) I have a very large project that I'm writing an installer for. It has 2-3 scores of assemblies. The component list for the project is massive and unwieldy. I want to break this up and group the component declarations according to functionali