[wix-users] Is there any way around WIN64DUALFOLDERS substitution?

[Carter Young]

Have you tried testing for the machine bitness first.  I.e something like:

If win.x64 then
    _search for 64 bit java_
If win.x32 then
    _search for 32 bit java_

using the XML conditions listed at:
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/redistributables_and_install_checks/block_install_on_os.html


Quoting Lewis Henderson via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>:

> Is there any way to somehow set the above mentioned "mask" argument  
> to 1 for a particular set of searches?  I know why Windows Installer  
> is trying to enforce this rule, but I'm not trying to install 32-bit  
> code in the "Program Files" tree, I'm just trying to find something  
> that's already installed there.  If anyone has a solution for this  
> (other than "install a 32-bit Java" or "install Java outside the  
> 'Program Files' tree", I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks.
>                                                                  
> Lewis Henderson
>                                                                  
> OpenText, Inc.
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