Mike Dimmick wrote:
Also, I still fail to understand why people use their own INSTALLDIR
property rather than using TARGETDIR properly -- setting it to a
location under ProgramFilesFolder, for example. I've just observed
that if you don't do anything to the contrary, ROOTDRIVE is
initialised to the /local disk with the most free space/ and TARGETDIR
is initialised to ROOTDRIVE. It seems a much better idea to place your
files directly in TARGETDIR and use a type 51 custom action to set
TARGETDIR to [ProgramFilesFolder]\MyProductNameHere, if TARGETDIR is
not already set.
TARGETDIR is the top of the hierarchy so if you want to avoid a type-51
CA and still have a default under ProgramFilesFolder, INSTALLDIR (or
some such) is the next-best way. It also comes in handy (i.e., is
required) if you want to take advantage of WiX v3's "predictable GUIDs"
feature.
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