I went through the same exercise a while back. What I ended up doing was writing a whole new install from scratch and made sure each component worked as per-user before adding another.
I received a similar result as you did when I simply tried to change over the install directory to PersonalFolder. Take a look at ClickThrough it helped me. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Van Eaton Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 12:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Per-user install Anyone? JVE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Van Eaton Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:36 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Per-user install Hello folks, I had a functional install working. Everything was being installed to "Program Files". I guess that is what we would call a 'per-machine' install. Someone suggested to me that I should make it a 'per-user' install. Naively, I thought I could just change the folder from ProgramFilesFolder to PersonalFolder. Unfortunately, that yielded a boatload of errors and warnings... error LGHT0204 : ICE38: Component Component_1 installs to user profile. It must use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file. error LGHT0204 : ICE64: The directory Directory_1 is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table. warning LGHT1076 : ICE91: The file 'File_1' will be installed to the per user directory 'Directory_1' that doesn't vary based on ALLUSERS value. This file won't be copied to each user's profile even if a per machine installation is desired. I am looking for any help on the simplest way to achieve my goal. I don't really care if each user automatically gets a copy or if they each have to do their own install. On a related note, is there a way to use 1 reg key as the KeyPath for each of the components or do they each require a separate reg key? JVE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
