Re: [WiX-users] computing space requirements - takes a long time

2011-07-30 Thread Rob Mensching
The Windows Installer always adds a backslash to paths. I'd be really surprised if it is the adding of the backslash that takes a lot of time. When upgrading lots of existing files the Windows Installer is also preparing for how to rollback all those files that would be replaced. This is why repair

[WiX-users] computing space requirements - takes a long time

2011-07-29 Thread gapearce
I've got an installer that has to install several hundred files, and it seems to take a long time to compute the space requirements, especially on an upgrade. During this phase, I see in a verbose log that there is a lot of work going on to just add a backslash to the end of all of the folder na