To answer one of my own questions...

Apparently you can use the same reg value as the keypath for all your 
components without any harm.  It seems a little weird to create a new reg value 
for each component although it also seems to be more in the style of WIX (lots 
of little components).

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 side 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 one?

JVE




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