[wix-users] When does Burn use C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\ vs C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Package Cache?

[Hoover, Jacob]

Without bundle authoring, it’s hard to guess.  Is package A using a MSI which is also Per Machine?

From: Shintaro Takechi <devst119 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2021 6:24 PM
To: Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
Cc: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] When does Burn use C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\ vs C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Package Cache?

Thank you so much for your prompt reply.
Just for the sake of it, I actually modified the code and added <ExePackage PerMachine="yes" ...> and this prerequisite did pass.
So it is an elevation problem after all.
However, now my question becomes why was this working for Bundle A even though PerMachine was set to default (="no")?



On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 3:24 PM Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com<mailto:Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>> wrote:
Per Machine vs Per User installs have a different location.

Logs will indicate the error, and what it was attempting to do at the time the error occurred.

http://errco.de/win32/winerror-h/error_elevation_required/0x800702e4/<http://errco.de/win32/winerror-h/error_elevation_required/0x800702e4/>

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Subject: [wix-users] When does Burn use C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\ vs C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Package Cache?

Hi,

I now encounter weird errors.

I have a bundle project (calling bundle A) that is perfectly working, and
now I am working on a bundles that is created again from the bundle A.
(calling this new bundle B)
Even though the prerequisite exe has not changed, nor the <ExePackage ...>
code, error started to show up in the middle of installing the prerequisite
for bundle B.

Error code itself are 0x800702e4, but I do not think the cause is not
elevation issue.
I compared the binaries (using winmerge) and confirmed the exe are same.

Main difference I found in the bundle .log is the path the file is
available.

In the bundle A, the path of this problematic prerequisite was located
in C:\ProgramData\Package Cache

However, in the bundle B the path of this prerequisite is placed
at C:\Users\My.User.Name<http://My.User.Name>\AppData\Local\Package Cache

I recall the majority of the time ProgramData was used before.
How could this happen?
When does WiX determine to use different package locations?
Is there a flag in the bundle code I can modify to guarantee the use of
ProgramData?

Best regards,

Shintaro Takechi

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