[wix-users] Directory getting created in different drive

Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) BWheeler at dshs.wa.gov
Thu Jan 18 09:01:30 PST 2018


I bet  PhotosDir is being created on the drive with the most free space. The way I read the code  PhotosDir is not nested under another folder.  Where exactly do you want PhotosDir to be created?

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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 8:51 AM
To: Hoover, Jacob
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Directory getting created in different drive

Here it is. No, I am not using SetProperty anywhere.

<Fragment>
    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
        <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="$(var.InstallFolderName)" />
      </Directory>
      <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
        <Directory Id="PhotosDir" Name="Photos" />  --> *This directory
(Photos) gets provisioned in D or E drive*
      <Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder">
        <Directory Id="TestInstallerLogs" Name="TestInstallerLogs">
          <Component Id="deleteFolder"
Guid="323549D2-90B7-4D5D-8A36-EEA0ACCCC35E">
            <RemoveFile Id="deleteServiceFile" Name="TestWinSvcLog.txt"
On="both" Directory="TestInstallerLogs"/>
            <RemoveFolder Directory="TestInstallerLogs"
Id="TestInstallerLogs" On="both"/>
          </Component>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>
  </Fragment>

Regards,
Venkatesh

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:10 PM, Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> Provide the authoring of your directory and it's parents.  Also are 
> you using a SetProperty on the testDir anywhere?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Ven H via wix-users
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:37 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Cc: Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wix-users] Directory getting created in different drive
>
> I have a Directory element in my Product.wxs file. It has an Id and 
> Name attribute specified. Id="testDir" and Name="Test". I also have a 
> component for this directory with KeyPath=yes and the component has a 
> CreateFolder element wrapped in it, so that the directory gets created 
> even if it is empty. This is being used in Virtual Directory for IIS. 
> Now, when the directory gets provisioned as part of MSI installation, 
> it gets created in D or E (a drive other than C), even though I didn't specify it anywhere.
> The other components of the installation (files) are actually getting 
> installed in C drive inside Program Files(x86), as expected. Can 
> anyone please help me understand this?
>
>
> Regards,
> Venkatesh
>
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