Interesting About installation of MSI package (mozilla firefox) as i understood
HI Experts, i have repackaged "Mozilla Firefox" its a advertised product and installed it with command line, here it follows
msiexec /i <path of installation package> PROPERTY=ADDLOCAL ,i deleted installation files from "program files" and a copy of installation package from "c:windows\installer" , than also iit woking ( i mean once deleted files and if i try to access the browser , it is once again getting installed and even it is putting files in "program files" folder and in c:\windows\installer, Please guys let me know the reason for what is been going on? and is this for PROPERTY "ADDLOCAL"? , as i understand ADDLOCAL , installs files locaaly, that means in "program files or do i mis understood , please make me correct
Answers (2)
Hi,
Can you confirm if the installer has access to sourcedir(i.e the location or folder where you did the installation from)?
The repair of files does not happen from Cache folder of c:\Windows\Installer but from the Sourcedir.. the directory from where you have installed the source.
