Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
That's actually Windows Installer behavior. Windows Installer always sets TARGETDIR to the root of the fixed drive with the most free space. See <>. You should never install to TARGETDIR unless you schedule a type 51 custom action to set it always: . Schedule it before CostFinalize. Why you must

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
Sorry, forgot to post the URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372064.aspx. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Heath Stewart wrote: > That's actually Windows Installer behavior. Windows Installer always sets > TARGETDIR to the root of the fixed drive with the most free space. See <>. > >

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Curtis Jewell
There's no harm, it just violates a strong suggestion. On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:29 +0430, "Riyaz Mogharabin" wrote: > Dear Friends, > > It seems that in WiX 3, the TARGETDIR is set to the local drive which has > the most free space on the system. > I need to hardcode this so the user will always

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Brian Bakkebo
Hi Riyaz, not exactly sure why you want to hard code it to the C:\ folder? Take a look at this as it might be what you want to do: http://www.dalun.com/wix/04.25.2007.htm Also you can do this: http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-Change-Default-Install-Location-td1092961.html I haven't noticed that wix def