I think the per-user location in the log is a red herring: I just happen to have the MSI in c:\Users\kparkes\Documents on my test machine.
With or without UI, properties are as follows: ALLUSERS = 1 SOURCEDIR = C:\Users\kparkes\Documents\ -----Original Message----- Re: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode From: Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcliffe@sd...> - 2011-11-29 15:55 The log says it's found in a per-user location: "Its value is 'C:\Users\kparkes\Documents\ABC\'." HKCR is just a view merged from HKLM/Software/Classes and HKCU/Software/Classes. What does the log say the values of SOURCEDIR and ALLUSERS are in the property dump(s) at the end ? -----Original Message----- From: Parkes, Kevin [mailto:Kevin.Parkes@...] Sent: 29 November 2011 15:33 To: wix-users@... Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode I don't think it should be anything to do with user's profile: the Directory search is looking for a sub-folder in the folder containing the MSI ([SOURCEDIR]) and the Registry search is looking in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. InstallScope is perMachine The problem does occur with MSI 5 -----Original Message----- Re: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode From: Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcliffe@......> - 2011-11-29 14:52 Dave says... Could it be because the things you're looking for only appear in the user's profile - hkey_users and c:\users ? When you switch from UI sequence to execute sequence, the intallation engine switches to the service side and the current user becomes local system and user-specific searches wouldn't work. If you're running a per-user installation, the searches should be redirected but are you ? Whats the value of ALLUSERS ? Is Package/InstallScope set to perUser ? Are you using MSI 5 or something earlier ? -----Original Message----- From: Parkes, Kevin [mailto:Kevin.Parkes@...] Sent: 29 November 2011 14:20 To: wix-users@... Subject: [WiX-users] Directory and Registry Search failing in silent mode I have properties set by a <DirectorySearch> and a <RegistrySearch> both of which work as expected with UI but neither of which is set when run in silent mode: <Property Id="ABCFOLDER"> <DirectorySearch Id="ABCSearch" Path="[SOURCEDIR]ABC" Depth="1" /> </Property> <Property Id="DOTXYZ"> <RegistrySearch Id="DotXYZSearch" Root="HKCR" Key=".xyz" Type="raw" /> </Property> Log file with UI: Action start 11:29:54: AppSearch. AppSearch: Property: DOTXYZ, Signature: DotXYZSearch MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:650]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:730]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xyz 3: 2 AppSearch: Property: IPIFOLDER, Signature: ABCSearch MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:740]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (c) (D0:A4) [11:29:54:760]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ABCFOLDER property. Its value is 'C:\Users\kparkes\Documents\ABC\'. Action ended 11:29:54: AppSearch. Return value 1. Log file in silent mode: Action start 12:28:43: AppSearch. MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:152]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:152]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xyz 3: 2 MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:152]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (44:9C) [12:28:43:162]: Doing action: LaunchConditions Action ended 12:28:43: AppSearch. Return value 1. What am I doing wrong? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
