1 - yes write your own external UI instead of using Windows Installer. 2 - No idea, ask Microsoft. My guess is because installing something on a removable drive which puts entries in registry for ARP & other stuff isn't going to be well received by the O/S when the removable drive isn't connected. You may think it makes sense to allow it but there are plenty of situations I can think of which make sense to disallow it.
If you have a requirement to allow 'install' of an application on a removable drive I doubt Windows Installer is going to offer much more functionality over a self-extracting archive of some description (see WinRAR or 7Zip). Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: little.forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: 08 May 2010 01:47 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix doesn't recognize USB drive or other removablestorage We use Wix 3.0. Some of our customers complain that the installer doesn't recognize USB drive or other removable storage when installing. So basically, in "Destination Folder" page, the end user tried to change the install folder to a USB drive. But there is no USB drive showing up in drop-down list. When the end user tried to change the folder from "Folder name:" field, she got an error says: Installation directory must be on a local hard drive. I did some research and found this is not a Wix limitation, but MSI's. So my questions are: 1. Is there a way to get rid of it? I think it makes sense to allow the end user to install the software on their portable devices. 2. What's the purpose of this limitation? Security? I understand this is probably MSI's limitation. But if you happen to know the reason, please help me understand it. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
