Looks like you're missing the point here Tim. It's Windows Installer which modifies the path when you're installing a 32-bit package. WiX has nothing to do with it. Check a verbose log if you don't believe us & you'll see something called WIN64DUALFOLDERS modifying your path for you.
As David says, if you want to install components to 64-bit locations (e.g. Program Files) on 64-bit platforms, you need to use a package built for 64-bit systems. Square holes, round pegs & all that. I'll repeat this (again) for the benefit of people who still don't get it. WiX builds Windows Installer packages, nothing more. If Windows Installer doesn't support it (and/or you can't do it in a custom action) it's not possible. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer 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: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: 21 March 2011 15:21 To: Tim St. Clair; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit java registry detection? Hi, By using @Win64="yes" you have successfully read the 64bit part of the registry, that is not the issue. This issue is 32 bit msi packages are not allowed/supposed access to 64 bit folders (program files) by windows, the WoW subsystem intercepts the calls and redirects them. You could try a file search for java.exe under the ProgramFiles64 folder to detect the JRE location, but I expect that you would get ice 80 errors. It's usually simpler in the long run to build 2 msi's from shared source that target both platforms. From: Tim St. Clair [mailto:timoth...@gmail.com] Sent: 21 March 2011 13:55 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: David Watson Subject: Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit java registry detection? Is there any way to disable path translation itself? Our code && installer are 32-bit which we would like to keep (for legacy reasons), but we would still like to view 64-bit registry entries where possible. This seems like a gaping whole in functionality. Cheers, Tim On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:01 AM, David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> wrote: The windows installer is finding the path from the registry correctly as C:\Program Files\Java\jre6, but your MSI is 32 bit so if you try to use it, it will automatically be converted to the 32 bit location. Best practice is to use a 64 bit msi to install 64bit or anycpu software onto 64 bit operating systems. -----Original Message----- From: Tim St. Clair [mailto:timoth...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 March 2011 18:23 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] 64-bit java registry detection? So I have the following WiX .xml which appears to translate the registry key information from what I see in the registry <!--Find the location of the Java installation--> <Property Id="JVMVERSION"> <RegistrySearch Id="JavaVersionSearch" Root="HKLM" Type="raw" Key="SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment" Name="CurrentVersion" Win64="yes" /> </Property> <Property Id="JVMDIR"> <RegistrySearch Id="JavaDirSearch" Root="HKLM" Type="raw" Key="SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\[JVMVERSION]" Name="JavaHome" Win64="yes" /> </Property> <SetProperty Id="JVMLOCATION" Value="[JVMDIR]bin\java.exe" After="AppSearch"/> Expected Result (from regedit): C:\Program Files\Java\jre6 Actual Result: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6 There are no entires in the 32-bit registry. 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