Active Setup InstallLocation Property.
So I have created this .msi to serve only one purpose, run Active Setup. INSTALLDIR is setup to user profile. This runs and works fine, but I see that in registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{GUID} the Install Location always shows my profile location instead of current user’s profile location. Any thoughts on how can I change it to current user’s profile.
Thanks,
AK
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I forgot to mention that the reason INSTALLDIR is set that way is because there are some files that needs to be placed under user profile. - 786_ak 8 years ago
>user profile
Then your Active Setup configuration needs to do that using self-healing.
Create a parent feature whose components are targeted at the user profile folder, using whatever folder structure you need. Remember you need to set a key path using a registry value not a file. I typically use a dummy one, like this:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\In-house\Dummy key-paths\[ProductName]\[ProductCode]]
"Installed"="[ComponentID]"
The feature you have now which contains the Active Setup value needs to then be made a child of the above feature. Its stub path needs to be set to:
MSIEXEC /fup [ProductCode]
Forget about the value of INSTALLDIR, it's irrelevant in this scenario.
First thing, though: do some reading on self-healing and Active Setup. You've posted before about problems with AS so I suspect you're still feeling your way.
