Re: [WiX-users] 32-bit app launching 64-bit MSI problem

one in the SysWow64 folder rather than the 64-bit one? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Michael Ballou [mailto:mbal...@ee...] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:47 PM To: wix-us...@li... Subject: [WiX-users] 32-bit app launching 64-bit MSI problem I have a simple 64-bit MSI that I made

Re: [WiX-users] 32-bit app launching 64-bit MSI problem

Are you actually launching msiexec.exe? The one in the SysWow64 folder rather than the 64-bit one? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Michael Ballou [mailto:mbal...@eeye.com] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:47 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] 32-bit app

Re: [WiX-users] 32-bit app launching 64-bit MSI problem

Depending on how your 32-bit app calls the install, it's possible that it's using the 32-bit copy of msiexec.exe, which means that the System32 folder gets redirected by default, which could mean that the file doesn't actually exist. You may be able to use something like ProcessExplorer to verify

[WiX-users] 32-bit app launching 64-bit MSI problem

I have a simple 64-bit MSI that I made install 1 64-bit dll to System64 folder. Under the following circumstances, MSI gets an error: 1. That file already exists in the real C:\Windows\System32 folder 2. The install is launched through a 32-bit app (not explorer.exe). Anything that can launch an