Hi Bob,
Yes, I saw I needed to do such things, as I wrote in the initial message.
I have two workarounds (at least I interpret them as workarounds): registry
search and/or standard custom actions (type 51 and 35), both of them working.
But I would like to understand first why the directory property is OK if the
directory contains an installed file and why not if the directory contains only
subfolders.
Any MSI documentation links for me to understand why the directory property is
OK if I have a component with a file as KeyPath installed in that directory and
not OK otherwise ?
Regards,
Adrian
----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Adrian Gantoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2007 8:11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Customizable folder name written in registry - lost
(reverted to default) on Repair
Adrian Gantoi wrote:
My problem is that on "Repair" , the registry entry is set to the default name
of TDIR, even if this folder was customized at install time.
You need to persist customizations and load them back during repair and
uninstallation. "Normal" things like files will be repaired and uninstalled
normally because MSI records them. So your subdirectory's file is repaired
normally but the directory property isn't. The typical approach is to write it
to the registry and use RegistrySearch to load it.
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