All of the components are listed as: Installed: Local; Request: Local; Action: Local.
Blair-2 wrote: > > What does the log say about the component statuses? > > -----Original Message----- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:27 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories > > > Hey Blair-2, I'd be happy to share a log of the installation but > unfortunately I'm doing this for a company and I'm not allowed to post the > information for a log. I've studied the logs myself during patching and > it > looks like it doesn't recognize that the install path is different from > C:\Program Files\Appname\etc. What it ends up outputting is a list of the > files being installed by the patch but each one specifies To be installed; > Won't patch; No existing file. > > If you're interested in a particular portion of the log file I might be > able > to show you by replacing the product and path information with fictional > data so you could see what might be the problem without my violating my > company's policies. > > Thank for all your help so far! > > > Blair-2 wrote: >> >> The location that the components you are patching are already installed. >> >> Could you share a log that shows it not working in that circumstance? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 1:55 PM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories >> >> >> When you refer to the "currently installed location", are you referring >> to >> the location that my product installs to by default or the location >> selected >> by the user. If the latter, then the patch should be installing to that >> location. >> >> >> Blair-2 wrote: >>> >>> Are your patches MSP files performing either small updates or minor >>> upgrades? If so, the patch application won't let you patch anywhere >>> other >>> than the currently installed location since the keypath of the >>> components >>> can't be changed without a major upgrade. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:12 PM >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories >>> >>> >>> I've been having an issue with my WiX patch which I haven't been able to >>> find >>> any information for. The company I work for wants to give users the >>> freedom >>> to install our product in a directory of their choice. We've given the >>> installer a default directory which can be changed at install time by >>> the >>> user. This has worked fine up until attempting to patch the package. I >>> successfully made a patch which patches the package without problem if >>> it's >>> installed to the default location, however if users choose to install >>> the >>> product in an alternate location and then patch the patch fails because >>> it's >>> still trying to change files on the default location. Any ideas on how >>> I >>> can dynamically set up the patch install location based on where the >>> user >>> installs our product? Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Big Jim. >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> >> > http://n2.nabble.com/Patching-problems-with-alternate-directories-tp4102386p >>> 4102386.html >>> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, >>> a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >>> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. 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