[wix-users] "Program file" is replaced by "Program file (x86)"

[Farrukh Waheed]

On x86 windows, it would be Program Files, while on x64, it would be
Program Files (x86).
I'm on 64bit Windows 10 and here is the registry on my windows for Word
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\InstallRoot
while registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\,
doesn't contain InstallRoot.

I'm not sure if there is any x64 version of Office (Yeah, I'm not its big
fan :p ) , you can define two searches for both locations.





On 25 May 2016 at 16:52, Yandex Mail <it-proposition at yandex.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
>
> WiX version: 3.10.3.2917
>
> Visual Studio version: 2015 Update 2
>
> .NET version: 3.5
>
>
>
> Our program is installed in Windows 10 x64 with MS Word 2013 x86.
>
> But the base configuration is Windows 8.1 x64 and MS Word 2013 x86. The
> windows was updated to version 10.
>
> This fact is important because after that Word x86 has location "C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office15\". We can see it in the registry:
>
> msi-001
>
>
>
> Thus, our installer should detect that the user computer has the installed
> Word 2013 x86.
>
> For this we used the standard scenario:
>
>
>
> <Property Id="HOSTPATH">
>
>   <RegistrySearch Id="RegSearch_HOSTEXE" Root="HKLM"
> Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\InstallRoot" Name="Path"
> Type="directory">
>
>     <FileSearch Name="WINWORD.EXE" />
>
>   </RegistrySearch>
>
> </Property>
>
> <Condition Message="!(loc.HostConditionMessage)"><![CDATA[Installed OR
> HOSTPATH]]></Condition>
>
>
>
> And in result this condition does not pass.
>
> To found the problem I used procmon.exe and found that the installer looks
> for WINWORD.EXE in another folder:
>
> msi-002
>
> The installer tries to find "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> Office\root\Office15\" but the registry contains "C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft
> Office\root\Office15\" value.
>
>
>
> In result the installer can not find WINWORD.EXE file and the condition can
> not pass.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Leonid Maliutin
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> WiX Toolset Users Mailing List provided by FireGiant
> http://www.firegiant.com/
>