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‎Jan 20, 2010
07:42 PM
Patch destination changes
Hi,
I have a question about installing patch. My application design wants to allow users to change the patch install destination during patching, and so I added a dialog to allow them to change the path. Then, I tried setting INSTALLDIR with the new path, but patch doesn't install to the user selected location. It installs to the location that was selected in the original release. I tried using MsiSetProperty() and MsiSetTargetPath(), but both did not work.
Does anybody have any idea what I should do about it? Or, is it possible to do it?
Thanks in advance.
I have a question about installing patch. My application design wants to allow users to change the patch install destination during patching, and so I added a dialog to allow them to change the path. Then, I tried setting INSTALLDIR with the new path, but patch doesn't install to the user selected location. It installs to the location that was selected in the original release. I tried using MsiSetProperty() and MsiSetTargetPath(), but both did not work.
Does anybody have any idea what I should do about it? Or, is it possible to do it?
Thanks in advance.
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‎Jan 21, 2010
11:10 AM
Hi,
I think it's impossible to change the INSTALLDIR value inside a patch.
Regards,
Kevin
I think it's impossible to change the INSTALLDIR value inside a patch.
Regards,
Kevin
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‎Jan 22, 2010
04:29 PM
Kevin, thanks for your reply.
I tried playing with the registry settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\installer\userdata\. But, I couldn't make it to change the patch location.
I tried playing with the registry settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\installer\userdata\. But, I couldn't make it to change the patch location.
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