One way of avoiding overwrite by the default value during Change is to store INSTALLDIR value in the Registry as the part of custom action that is conditionally executed only on fresh install (i.e. Installed property)
-----Original Message----- From: Sachin Dubey [mailto:sachin.du...@live.com] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:06 PM To: Wix Users Subject: [WiX-users] Reinstall not updating correct registry value. Hi All, I got this weird issue. My installer creates a registry key in HKLM and stores the INSTALLDIR value. It provides default INSTALLDIR, however user can change it and the changed value gets stored in registry. Installer also have Change option enabled that REINSTALL = ALL All works fine except on WIN2K8 with UAC enabled- Install goes fine in this case also, however at Change\Reinstall the INSTALLDIR gets set to default not the one user provided. E.g. Install - DefaultINSTALLDIR = Value1, UserChangedINSTALLDIR = Value2 --> Value2 goes to registry. Reinstall\Change - The registry value gets replaced with default Value1. Also the Change option doesn't prompt for Elevation unlike the Install or Remove. Appreciate any help on this. Thanks Sachin! _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/ TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and NFA), TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a trading software and subscription company, and TradeStation Europe Limited, a United Kingdom, FSA-authorized introducing brokerage firm. None of these companies provides trading or investment advice, recommendations or endorsements of any kind. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
