I never did write that did I? <smile/>

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcli...@sdl.com>wrote:

> You'll have to ask Mr Mensching: it's his blog <smile/>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca]
> Sent: 03 August 2012 14:30
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation folder during maintenance
>
> What is the optimization you mentioned in the second to last paragraph?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com]
> Sent: August-03-12 5:46 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation folder during maintenance
>
> Do what Neil said, but this is a special case because there is already a
> property specifically for this called ARPINSTALLLOCATION. If you use this
> name, it's possible to get it back from MSI APIs using MsiGetProductInfo().
>
>
> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2011/1/14/ARPINSTALLLOCATION-and-how-to-se
> t-it-with-the-WiX-toolset<http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2011/1/14/ARPINSTALLLOCATION-and-how-to-set-it-with-the-WiX-toolset>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com]
> Sent: 02 August 2012 17:56
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation folder during maintenance
>
> You would need to author your install to remember it, see this post
>
> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets-Remember-Propert
> y-pattern<http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets-Remember-Property-pattern>
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uma Harano [mailto:uhar...@esri.com]
> Sent: 02 August 2012 16:53
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] Installation folder during maintenance
>
> Hi
>
> I need some confirmation on what I should do about setting the installation
> folder during maintenance mode.
>
>
>
> When the first time install sets the install location to non default
> location, does the msi remember this for subsequent maintenance operations?
> Or should I create a custom action during maintenance mode to read the
> install location from the registry and re-set it?  I am finding different
> results with my testing. Sometimes this install location is remembered
> during
> maintenance and sometimes it goes back to default.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Uma
>
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