Hi Phill Unfortunately the per-user version of CommonFilesFolder requires Windows Installer 5.0 (Win 7) and, even more unfortunately, we still have to support XP. What you have does indeed build without warnings but, unless you explicitly run msiexec elevated, the per-user installer fails with "The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory...."
Thanks anyway Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 13:04:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Phill Hogland <phogl...@rimage.com> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] per-user/per-machine in MSM, MSI and bundle To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1372709066856-7587041.p...@n2.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I have been following this thread, and while I am pretty new I decided to play with this problem as a learning experience. I created the following modules, which are slightly different from your code, which compile and do not generate any warnings or errors. I think the main change I made was to use CommonFilesFolder in the perUser. I did this because the msdn link in this thread indicates that it will switch locations for ALLUSERS and I always got errors using LocalAppDataFolder. I do not have a test box handy so I may be on a rabbit trial and have something that compiles but does not do what you want. MSM.wxs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Module Id="MSM" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0"> <Package Id="a60c4f05-c2b2-4cb8-baab-b8d37320fea8" Manufacturer="test" InstallerVersion="200" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="MergeRedirectFolder"> <Component Id="MsmComponent" Guid="{49CD0F4B-A744-41A7-85E2-09B71B4C7FD6}"> <File Id="MsmComponent.File" KeyPath="no" Source="C:\Windows\notepad.exe"/> <RegistryKey Root="HKMU" Key="SOFTWARE\test\keypath"> <RegistryValue Name="MsmComponent.File" Value="1" Type="integer" KeyPath="yes" /> </RegistryKey> <RemoveFolder Id="DelMergeRedirectFolder" On="uninstall"/> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Module> </Wix> MachineMSI.wix ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="*" Name="MachineMSI" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Company" UpgradeCode="a3b63a3c-6a71-4e07-b061-2c1be70b2f5e"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" /> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." /> <MediaTemplate /> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="MachineMSI" Level="1"> <MergeRef Id="MSM"/> </Feature> </Product> <Fragment> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="CommonFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALL_FOLDER" Name="Company"> <Merge Id="MSM" SourceFile="<path to msm>\msm.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Fragment> </Wix> UserMSI.wxs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="*" Name="UserMsi" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Company" UpgradeCode="924f8f16-3f9a-4724-8811-6044e92018ad"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" /> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." /> <MediaTemplate /> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="UserMsi" Level="1"> <MergeRef Id="MSM"/> </Feature> </Product> <Fragment> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="CommonFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALL_FOLDER" Name="Company"> <Merge Id="MSM" SourceFile="<path to msm>\msm.msm" DiskId="1" Language="1033"/> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Fragment> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALL_FOLDER"> <Component Id="removeINSTALL_FOLDER"> <RemoveFolder Id="removeINSTALL_FOLDER" Directory="INSTALL_FOLDER" On="uninstall"/> </Component> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> </Wix> I hope this helps. Please let me know if I should have done something different. Phill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
