My install project has a 64bit cmdlet that must run from our custom Bootstrapper Application as well. Our BA is not managed, but I believe the same concept applies.
You can get the install location of the 64bit PowerShell from the registry by ensuring that you open your registry key with the 64bit view (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registrykey.openbasekey, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registryview). The registry key for determining the location of Powershell.exe is here: Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellEngine, Value: ApplicationBase (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/query/dd315312, http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2009/10/ensuring-powershell-is-loaded-onto.html). It turns out that this will still give you a wow64 redirected path to powershell. You can check if your BA is 32bit (you know it is) with IsWow64Process() (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684139(v=vs.85).aspx). Then safely replace the System directory path from the registry, "C:\Windows\SysWOW64" with the native 64 redirected path, "C:\Windows\Sysnative" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187(v=vs.85).aspx). This path passed to ShellExecute would effectively start the 64bit powershell, combine that with a script or a set of commands and you've got a solution to your current 32bit BA woes. Hope that helps, Nate -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:59 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper You'll have to proxy out to a 64-bit process. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Henning Krause <m...@henningkrause.eu>wrote: > Since I'm in the context of Burn, I can't call CAQuietExec. I'm not > running in any MSI context. That comes later... > > Henning > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:56 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper > > > > Hmmm. Generally, when I call applets I wrap them in C# or call them with > > CAQuietExec[64] because of this issue. The trick is that there are two > > powershell.exe's on a 64-bit system, and you get the 32-bit one by > default. > > You're probably going to have to find a way to force the 64-bit > powershell to be > > called or your context will be wrong. > > -- > > John M. Cooper > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Henning Krause [mailto:m...@henningkrause.eu] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 8:24 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper > > > > Maybe my question was poorly phrased. > > > > I'm not running a custom action. My call to Get-WindowsFeature > > resides > in a > > Managed Bootstrapper application (aka Burn). I haven't found a way > > to > start > > the Bundle process as x64. > > > > Kind regards, > > Henning > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:10 PM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper > > > > > > You have to call with a 64-bit entry point. If you're using > > > CAQuietExec, you need to be using CAQuietExec64 to execute in a > > > 64-bit > > process. > > > > > > -- > > > John Merryweather Cooper > > > Build & Install Engineer - ESA > > > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > > > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > > > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > > > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Henning Krause [mailto:m...@henningkrause.eu] > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:46 AM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > as part of my managed bundle, I may need to activate certain > > > Windows Features. Since I'm targeting Windows 2008 R2 or later, I > > > can safely use the Add-WindowsFeature and Get-WindowsFeature cmdlets. > > > > > > The Add-WindowsFeature would be called from a custom action. > > > However, I want to display a list of missing features to the user > > > during the UI part of the Setup. For this I call the > > > Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet in my managed bootstrapper. However, > > > this fails, because the custom Bootstrapper application always > > > seems to be 32bit. 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