Running Wix v 3.0.4721. I fire off my msi with my own bootstrapper code, and I
would like to be able to have my installation go to a different drive (other
than the system drive) via a commandline parameter that is passed to msiexec.
Here is a snippet of the wxs code I’m currently using:
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="$(var.PrgmFilesFolder)">
<Directory Id="CompanyNameFolder"
Name="!(loc.Property_CompanyName)">
<Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION"
Name="!(loc.Property_ProductName)">
<Directory Id="InstallBin" Name="Bin">
<!-- This next element merely creates empty folders
and removes them on uninstall -->
<Directory Id="MailfilesFolder" Name="Mailfiles">
</Directory>
<Directory Id="WorkFolder" Name="Work">
</Directory>
</Directory>
<!-- This next element merely creates empty folders and
removes them on uninstall -->
<Directory Id="LogFolder" Name="Log">
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs">
<Directory Id="LSShortcutMenuDir1"
Name="!(loc.Property_CompanyName)">
<Directory Id="LSShortcutMenuDir2"
Name="!(loc.Property_ProductName)"/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop"/>
</Directory>
I’ve tried passing TARGETDIR=X:\ (where ‘X’ is the desired drive letter) on the
cmdline to msiexec, but it doesn’t change anything – everything still gets
installed to ‘C:’. Next, I tried passing INSTALLLOCATION=X:\ on the cmdline,
but that only managed to place the Bin and Work folders on drive ‘X’. My
installation provides no UI at all; I want to have complete control over the
directory structure created (as in X:\Program Files\MyCompany\MyProduct) but I
do want to give the user the option of installing to a drive letter other than
‘C’. Is there an easy way to do this within Wix???
Thanks in advance.
Rob Jones
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