Sorry, forgot to post the URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372064.aspx.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Heath Stewart <clubs...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's actually Windows Installer behavior. Windows Installer always sets > TARGETDIR to the root of the fixed drive with the most free space. See <>. > > You should never install to TARGETDIR unless you schedule a type 51 custom > action to set it always: <CustomAction Id="SetTARGETDIR" > Property="TARGETDIR" > Value="[ProgramFilesFolder][Manufacturer]\[ProductName]"/>. Schedule it > before CostFinalize. > > Why you must always author this, ideally you always install your components > into a fixed directory structure like so: > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="Program Files"> > <Directory Id="ManufacturerDir" Name="*manufacturer*"> > <Directory Id="InstallDir" Name="*product name*"> > <!-- insert components here --> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Riyaz Mogharabin > <moghara...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> It seems that in WiX 3, the TARGETDIR is set to the local drive which has >> the most free space on the system. >> I need to hardcode this so the user will always see "C:\MyProgram\" as the >> default install path. >> For this, I've done the following: >> >> <Property Id='TARGETDIR' Value='C:\'/> >> >> And this is working properly. Yet, there is a warning: >> >> Warning LGHT1076 : ICE48: Directory 'TARGETDIR' appears to be hardcoded in >> the property table to a local drive. >> >> Does anybody has an idea if this is going to have any harm on my >> installer? >> >> Regards, >> >> Riyaz >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial >> Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited >> royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing >> server and web deployment. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > > > -- > Heath Stewart > Deployment Technologies Team, Microsoft > http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths > -- Heath Stewart Deployment Technologies Team, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
