Check a verbose log & see what's changing & when. Are you using Terminal Services on the 2k3 server? Tempfolder is known to work differently from a console session & a remote desktop session. If you can't lock it down you may need to move the files to somewhere which won't change like LocalAppDataFolder or CommonAppDataFolder.
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: Christian Froehlich [mailto:dafr...@yahoo.com] Sent: 06 August 2010 01:04 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] TempFolder changes mid-install!? Hi All, I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction as i have searched everywhere and have found no trace of this issue. Anyway... I have an installer that functions well and seem to do everything i'd like, except on one system. On this system for some reason the TempFolder appears to change during the installation. This is a real problem for me as i have separate components that need to be in the same directory when a custom action runs. Is there any conceivable reason why the TempFolder could change? Am i doing it wrong? The WiX version i am using is: 3.5.1909.0 The server is running Windows 2003 And here is an except that generates the files. As you can see i have one DLL that gets installed to the same folder as two directories. These 2 directories are specified in other files and just contain a bunch of SQL scripts. <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <!-- Temporary files using during install --> <Directory Id="TempFolder"> <Directory Id="D.TempFolder" Name="$(var.ProductGuid)"> <Component Id="C.MigrationAssembly" Guid="67A41AA3-1A89-47c4-B47D-AD90C3FB4DB4"> <File Id="F.MigrationAssembly" Source="$(var.DatabaseMigrationsLibPath)" Vital="yes" /> </Component> <Directory Id="D.PROCS_DIR" Name="Procedures"> </Directory> <Directory Id="D.STORED_PROCS_DIR" Name="StoredProcedures"> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> The weird thing is that on another couple of systems i don't have this issue. It says somewhere in the log "Note: target paths subject to change (via custom actions or browsing)", but how could this affect the TempFolder? Thank you in advance, Christian Froehlich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-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 Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
