Thanks for the clarification, I thought the shortname was always used. So in real life it's probably "WINDOW~1.5" on most machines ( try DIR /X ) But you can't be sure... Short file name generation might even be disabled.
Best regards, Sebastian Brand sebast...@instyler.com Geisenfelder Str. 53a 85053 Ingolstadt, Germany EU VAT ID: DE219712370 Phone: +49 841 4544567 www.instyler.com - Instyler Setup: Create WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. www.traveladdin.com - Travel Add-in for Outlook: Add travel and return times to your calendar. www.sebastianbrand.com - blogging about software development, deployment and productivity. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:46 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] short name of the default windows installer > directory and the status of burn > > On 1/11/2010 11:50 AM, Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) wrote: > > The short name is generated randomly during the build of WiX installation. > > In my Wix3.5 install it's "nzj-aqro" (in Program Files folder) > > > > 1. It's not random: it's a stable hash, generated from the path information so > it doesn't change. > 2. MSI uses the provided short names for directories and files only if the > system doesn't support long file names. Otherwise, the file system > generates the short name. So for Sean, the answer is: "impossible to say, > because it varies on every system." That's why MSI provides the [#fileid], > [!fileid] and [$componentid] Formatted string substitutions. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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 Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
