...and use the ProgramFiles64Folder property. Phil Wilson
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Owings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 7:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] URGENT - Path to "Program Files" somehow wrongly "updated" to "Program Files (x86)" 32-bit MSI on an X64 platform. Windows Installer does this automatically. I believe you have to build a 64-bit MSI. Nic Barden wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have an urgent requirement to fix an issue to do with the path to the > program files directory. > > I am testing an app that performs a database install using the SqlDatabase > element. I am passing the paths to the data an log files as properties. > However, even when the path has been CORRECTLY set in the UI to "C:\Program > Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA" (and verified > that the property was definitely updated to this value via the installer > log), the CREATE DATABASE command fails. > > > > If I run a trace, I can see that it is specifying a FILENAME='C:\Program > Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL > Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Data\ThermoAnalytics.mdf'. > > > > WHERE/WHAT/WHY is my correct ""C:\Program Files" file path updated to the > INCORRECT "'C:\Program Files (x86)" path?? > > I am running Vista 64 bit SP1. > > > > Thankyou! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- Teleoperate a roving mobile robot from the web: http://www.swampgas.com/robotics/rover.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
