You've got a ton of options available to you; since I don't know the details of your installation, I'll try to give you a couple options (pick one [or something similar, or perhaps a hybrid] that makes the most sense for your situation). If none of the below work for you, holler and I'll try to send some more your way...
1) Instead of writing out the value of INSTALLDIR, perhaps author the registry key value to use the path of a component that is installed under INSTALLDIR. 2) Condition the setting of INSTALLDIR to the default value on whether or not INSTALLDIR already exists; or simply if "NOT Installed". Use a registry search to query the [historical] value of INSTALLDIR from the registry to properly set INSTALLDIR, if additional items within your installation will need the correct value of INSTALLDIR. ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Athay, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 4:43 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Excluding registry entries from patching I have a problem where I am specifying a registry entry in a component that writes out the INSTALLDIR property to the registry. My problem is that patches to this MSI always reset the INSTALLDIR to the default value (the Windows Installer default is C:\Program Files) I need to either A) find a way of excluding that part of my install from patching, or B) find a way to make sure that the MSP always sets INSTALLDIR to what the original installation directory was before it processes the patch so that the registry will still be valid after patching. Any suggestions? -- David Athay | CE Up & Running Team | Intuit, Inc. | Work: (858) 215-7149 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
