Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

bmahf wrote: > > > Yeah, the 3rd party software is TortoiseHg. I have a program I need it to > use in certain circumstances. I'd think these guys would know not to do > this, and since they are so big and so widely used, it would be easier for > me just to fix this on my end. I'll have to pu

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

rt in with them too, but for now, I need to get this going. Thanks for the help... Bruce Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:10:27 -0700 From: ml-user+181086-329500...@n2.nabble.com To: bm...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory Sure, ther

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

Sure, there is a way to get to the folder. The Windows Installer may not make it easy since, IIRC, applications are not supposed to put files there. In this case, you'll have to write a CustomAction or tell the 3rd party to stop doing things that are not recommended. Under the ApplicationDataFo

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

Thanks for the reply. I had already looked in MSDN before posting. I found the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905(VS.85).aspx. As far as I can tell this is the full list of properties for Windows Installer. Is this the list you are talking about? There is nothing in this l

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

bmahf wrote: > I have been searching hi and low, and I can't find anywhere where a property > is given for "C:\Documents and Settings\". Take a look at "System Folder Properties" in the MSI SDK but it probably won't be there: **CSIDL_PROFILE** (FOLDERID_Profile) *Version 5.0*. The user's p

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

All of the built in MSI properties are documented in the MSI SDK. Look for the "Property Reference" topic. bmahf wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been searching hi and low, and I can't find anywhere where a property > is given for "C:\Documents and Settings\". I know there must be such > a property,

[WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

Hi all, I have been searching hi and low, and I can't find anywhere where a property is given for "C:\Documents and Settings\". I know there must be such a property, since I have seen installers write files to this folder. Does anyone know of it? PersonalFolder refer to "C:\Documents and Sett