64-bit Windows Vista and beyond places 32-bit programs into Program Files (x86), and 64-bit programs into Program Files. It's just the convention they've adopted going forward with 64-bit operating systems.
I do think I've seen 32-bit programs sneak themselves into Program Files on a 64-bit OS, but they really shouldn't be doing that, AFAIK. Alain -----Original Message----- From: Mamidi, Balasubrahmanyam [mailto:balu.mam...@flightsafety.com] Sent: June 21, 2013 11:38 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Target directory issue with windows xp/ windows 7 Hi, I am able to create MSI file for our product using wix installer. When I install this product on client PC(windows xp), it kept all the files C:\Program Files\Safety (the target directory & it's hot coded in code)..which is OK. But when I install this product on client PC(windows 7), it kept all the files C:\Program Files (x86)\Safety -client doesn't want it to happen. My client wants no matter what the operating system is, it should always place the file to C:\Program Files\Safety. Help me, how to achieve this to fix the problem? Thanks, Balu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
