Generally, I recommend pretending that TARGETDIR doesn't even exist.
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From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 8:01 AM
To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question about shor
Also large, complex programs place binaries in various different directories,
so there can be no single convention as to the “install location” nor even a
single “working directory” for those systems. As such, you are expected to
establish your own conventions and stick to them as they apply to
WorkingDirectory is just a name that is closer to the name in the MSI
file's shortcut table - WkDir. It helps people see what's going on when the
names are similar, that's my assumption why they are similar.
INSTALLDIR is just a convention, TARGETDIR is the Windows Installer
directory which is the
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From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca]
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:11 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Question about shortcuts
Several of our packages use unadvertised shortcuts to point to various files in
their installation. However, I
Several of our packages use unadvertised shortcuts to point to various files in
their installation. However, I have learned that we were setting the
"WorkingDirectory" attribute wrong for them (because I had to replace one for
an application where WorkingDirectory matters). I had followed the ho
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