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

2009-07-13 Thread Michael Ballou
No. My customer is using a 3rd party shell type application (Total Commander) that happens to be 32-bit to run the setup. When launching the MSI from there, it gets the error. The MSI log shows the calling process is Msiexec.exe in the SysWow64 folder, so it is the 32-bit one. This also happens w

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

2009-07-13 Thread Wilson, Phil
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 la

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

2009-07-13 Thread John Ludlow
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