Another option is to find the path in registry, in the Installer key. You will need to know the following information: * Product Code (or Upgrade Code and then find all products installed for it) * How to convert GUID to "compressed" Microsoft's format, which is used in registry * For which user it was installed - you will need SID of that user. If it was installed for all users, then the SID will be S-1-5-18, which is just Local System user.
The you will need to check LocalPackage value of the following key in registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\<<USER_SID_HERE>>\Products\<<COMPRESSED PRODUCT GUID>>\InstallProperties For example, for Wix 3.6.3303.0, it is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\67D42AC9D02003944BAA562A28737DA1\InstallProperties Hope that helps. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:rob_hamfl...@sn.scee.net] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:29 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Where can I find the installer that was used. Windows keeps a cached copy of the MSI in C:\Windows\Installer, if that's of any help. You could scan through the MSI files in there and check the properties for the one you want. Rob On 14/11/2012 20:51, tyler.w.r...@accenture.com wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to write an application that will go through the file > table in an msi and make sure the files on the system are the same version > and location. Basically a regression test for our installers. I have > everything good except I have no idea how to find the installer that was used > to install the product. Basically we use WIX and support multi-instance and I > need to know if there is an easy way to find the installer that was used for > a specific instance. In the registry I can find the product in the Uninstall > area and the closest thing to the installer in there is a MsiExec.exe > /X{myguid}. > > Tyler Reid | Operations and Infrastructure | Accenture Software | P&C > Insurance > 1807 Jones Street | Bolivar, MO 65613| USA > Office: +cc.xxx.xxx.xxxx | Fax: 417.777.3792 > E-Mail: tyler.w.r...@accenture.com<mailto:tyler.w.r...@accenture.com> > | www.accenture.com/pcsoftware<http://www.accenture.com/pcsoftware> > > > > ________________________________ > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, > proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in > error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any > other use of the e-mail by you is prohibited. > > Where allowed by local law, electronic communications with Accenture and its > affiliates, including e-mail and instant messaging (including content), may > be scanned by our systems for the purposes of information security and > assessment of internal compliance with Accenture policy. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ________________ > > www.accenture.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from > a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, > databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day > Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
