Total Commander must be executing the 32-bit version of cmd.exe. Most likely that is happening because Total Commander is a 32-bit app.
Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Jimmie Eriksson [mailto:eriksson.jim...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:52 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch converts value data > > ok, now I know what happend... When I start a cmd prompt from inside > Total > Commander... the %ProgramFiles% folder maps to C:\Program Files (x86) > ... > but when the cmd prompt is started from Windows ... everything is > correct.. > Total Commander is a 32-bit program ... maybe thats why?!? ... weired > though... > > /Jimmie > > 2010/5/18 Jimmie Eriksson <eriksson.jim...@gmail.com> > > > Jesus, I just check my coworkers computers and all of them map > > %ProgramFiles% to C:\Program Files ... I was wrong... I wonder how > this > > happend!? > > I can't remember ever changing this system variable... which seems > like a > > very bad idéa.. > > > > 2010/5/18 Jimmie Eriksson <eriksson.jim...@gmail.com> > > > > %PROGRAMFILES% maps to C:\Program Files (x86) on a 64-bit system. > >> On my system the variable %ProgramW6432% maps to C:\Program Files. > But > >> that variable ain't existing on a 32-bit system. > >> > >> /Jimmie > >> > >> 2010/5/16 Kristoffer Danielsson <kristoffer.daniels...@live.se> > >> > >> > >>> What happens if you specify %PROGRAMFILES%? It always maps to > C:\Program > >>> Files. > >>> > >>> > Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 19:07:32 +0200 > >>> > From: eriksson.jim...@gmail.com > >>> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch converts value data > >>> > > >>> > Can you explain the StringTools solution? > >>> > > >>> > 2010/5/14 Matt Johnson <ma...@timeamerica.com> > >>> > > >>> > > Not sure why. I had the same problem. I used the StringTools > custom > >>> > > action from the msiext project to take the " (x86) back out. If > >>> there's an > >>> > > easier way, I'd be glad to know. > >>> > > > >>> > > BTW - I checked that specific key, and it is indeed just > "Program > >>> Files", > >>> > > in both the regular x64 root and the wow x86 key - so it's not > that > >>> it's > >>> > > pulling from the wrong place. > >>> > > > >>> > > Perhaps there's a property to set to tell MSI not to do this > >>> replacement? > >>> > > > >>> > > Matt Johnson MCPD, MCTS, MCSD, MCDBA > >>> > > Director of Application Development > >>> > > Time America, Inc. > >>> > > ma...@timeamerica.com | www.timeamerica.com > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > -----Original Message----- > >>> > > From: Jimmie Eriksson [mailto:eriksson.jim...@gmail.com] > >>> > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:42 AM > >>> > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> > > Subject: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch converts value data > >>> > > > >>> > > Hi > >>> > > > >>> > > Anyone who can tell me why my RegistrySearch converts the value > >>> contained > >>> > > in > >>> > > the registry? > >>> > > > >>> > > <Property Id="HELPINSTALLDIR"> > >>> > > <RegistrySearch Id='HelpInstallRegistry' Type='raw' Root='HKLM' > >>> > > Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Help\v1.0' Name='AppRoot' /> > >>> > > </Property> > >>> > > > >>> > > The actual value in registry is... > >>> > > AppRoot = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help Viewer\v1.0\ > >>> > > > >>> > > But according to the log file upon installation C:\Program > >>> Files\Microsoft > >>> > > Help Viewer\v1.0\ converts into C:\Program Files > *(x86)*\Microsoft > >>> Help > >>> > > Viewer\v1.0\ > >>> > > when using it in a custom action > >>> > > > >>> > > <CustomAction Id="SetHELPInstaller" Return="check" > >>> Execute="immediate" > >>> > > Property="HELPInstaller" > Value="[HELPINSTALLDIR]HelpLibManager.exe" > >>> /> > >>> > > > >>> > > from log.. > >>> > > MSI (s) (08:78) [16:20:59:102]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding > HELPInstaller > >>> > > property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Help > >>> > > Viewer\v1.0\HelpLibManager.exe' > >>> > > > >>> > > The folder on disk: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Help > Viewer\v1.0\ > >>> > > > >>> > > So this seems like a bug where all strings containing Program > Files > >>> found > >>> > > in > >>> > > registry converts to Program Files (x86) > >>> > > > >>> > > /Jimmie > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > >>> > > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > >>> > > 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 > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > WiX-users mailing list > >>> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >>> > >>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>> Hotmail i mobilen på 5 sekunder! > >>> > >>> http://new.windowslivemobile.msn.com/SE-SE/windows-live- > hotmail/default.aspx > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
