[wix-users] ProgramFilesFolder is always Program Files (x86)

[Bob Arnson]

And one way or t'other, it's going away in WiX v4: The extensions rely on platform being set in the build, not the package. (Technically, that's already true in WiX v3 but as we had fewer platform-specific custom actions, it didn't much matter.)

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VS *should* be setting that value via the `-arch` command-line switch based on the Configuration.

That is preferred to hardcoding "x64" into the source code.

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/Product/Package/@Platform="x64"



From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Pascal Cloup via wix-users
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Subject: [wix-users] ProgramFilesFolder is always Program Files (x86)

Hi,

I'm new to Wix and i try to make an installer for .net application targeting x64.
For my first steps, using 'Wix toolset vs2019 extensions' , i succeeded to create a msi file, but this msi always installs the app in the 'Program Files (x86)' directory.
I tried to set the x64 in the configuration manager of VS, in the properties of the setup project, but this always the x86 that remains selected.

Someone can help?

regards

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