The reason is, because you shouldn't use that folder :-) Have you tried: [DesktopFolder]..\ ?
Also think of the possibility that the installation may run in a per- machine mode (<myaccount> = All Users). Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com On Sep 10, 2007, at 10:51 PM, Marcel Schutte wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a newbie at using wix. I've been using the tramontana tutorial > [1] and now I want to install files to the user's home directory > (so C:\Documents and Settings\<myaccount>\). > > The list of predefined names that is referenced in this tutorial > [2] doesn't seem to contain a reference that I can use for this. > Trying with the [%HOMEPATH] environment reference didn't work out > either. > > Can anybody provide me with an example of how to do this? > > Regards, > Marcel > > [1] http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/index.php > [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en- > us/msi/setup/system_folder_properties.asp > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
