Have you tried running the msi with logging enabled and see what you get in the log?
Msiexec /I package.msi /l*v log.txt -----Original Message----- From: Jacob, Marcus [mailto:mja...@toptechnologies.de] Sent: 04 April 2011 08:55 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Why does my WiX 3.5 installer not copy files to system 32 dir? My WiX (3.5) installer should copy the richtx32.ocx file to the windows\system32 dir and register it by using some command line statements but it does not work. The file is not copied to the folder. <Directory Id="SystemFolder"> <Component Id="ComponentName" Guid="someGUID"> <File Source="someSourceFolder\richtx32.ocx" /> </Component> </Directory> The problem occurs on XP and also on Win7 and yes, I have started the MSI as admin user. In case the file is copied to another directory (eg. the program files directory of my application), everything works fine. The error occurs only with the system32 dir. I also tried it with another .ocx file to see whether the problems lies within the file itself, but it does not work either. BUT: If I add a "test.txt" file to the component (which btw. has some more files then only the richtx32.ocx) it suddenly works! But why does the installer only copy all files if there is a different file than .ocx/.dll?? I don't want to copy a dummy text file just to let it work... There must be a reason. Thanks in advance! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
