I've specified:
-arch x64
when runningcandle.exe
.Platform=x64
on thePackage
.ProgramFiles64Folder
as theDirectory
id where things get installed.
and still, when the app gets installed, it goes to C:\Program Files (x86)
.
There are some other wxs
generated by heat.exe
. I tried adding -platform x64
and -platform win64
to the calls to heat.exe
, but it made no difference.
I read
- https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg513929.aspx
- The section on 64 bit installer in the Wix Cookbook
- How do I get WiX to generate a 64-bit MSI?
and I think I'm doing everything that was described there.
What am I missing?
I've came up with a minimum case that looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Product Id="*" Name="Project X" Manufacturer="X LLC" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0"
UpgradeCode="5bf2131c-4068-4cb3-adac-bc9c79ed8ce3">
<Package InstallerVersion="301" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" Platform="x64"/>
<Property Id="ApplicationFolderName" Value="Project X"/>
<Property Id="WixAppFolder" Value="WixPerMachineFolder"/>
<UI>
<UIRef Id="WixUI_Advanced"/>
</UI>
</Product>
</Wix>
and I compile it like this:
candle.exe -arch x64 -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension ProjectX.wxs
light.exe -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension -out ProjectX-1.0.0-beta.3-win64.msi ProjectX.wixobj
It obviously complaints about the media table being empty:
> candle.exe -arch x64 -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension ProjectX.wxs
Windows Installer XML Toolset Compiler version 3.11.0.1701
Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
ProjectX.wxs
> light.exe -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension -out ProjectX-1.0.0-beta.3-win64.msi ProjectX.wixobj
Windows Installer XML Toolset Linker version 3.11.0.1701
Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\pupeno\AppData\Local\Temp\h1k0echv\ProjectX-1.0.0-beta.3-win64.msi : warning LGHT1076 : ICE71: The Media table has no entries.
But the installer is still generated and it still points to C:\Program Files (x86)
:
The full .wxs
looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">
<Product Id="*" Name="ProjectX" Manufacturer="X Inc" Language="1033"
Version="$(var.MSIProductVersion)" UpgradeCode="">
<Package InstallerVersion="301" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" Platform="x64"/>
<MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes"/>
<Icon Id="Icon_ProjectX.ico" SourceFile="src\main\installer\ProjectX.ico"/>
<WixVariable Id="WixUISupportPerUser" Value="0"/>
<Property Id="ApplicationFolderName" Value="X Inc\ProjectX"/>
<Property Id="WixAppFolder" Value="WixPerMachineFolder"/>
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="Icon_ProjectX.ico"/>
<WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="src\main\installer\eula.rtf"/>
<WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value="src\main\installer\WixUIBannerBmp.bmp"/>
<WixVariable Id="WixUIDialogBmp" Value="src\main\installer\WixUIDialogBmp.bmp"/>
<Property Id="AUTO_CONNECT_TO">
<RegistrySearch Id="AutoConnectTo" Root="HKLM" Key="Software\X Inc\ProjectX" Name="AutoConnectTo"
Type="raw"/>
</Property>
<Property Id="RUN_ProjectX_ON_EXIT" Value="true"/>
<Property Id="INSTALL_SCREENSAVER_ON_EXIT" Value="true"/>
<Property Id="STAGING_DIR" Value="undefined"/>
<Property Id="ARCH" Value="undefined"/>
<UI>
<UIRef Id="DM_WixUI_Advanced"/>
<Publish Dialog="DM_ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="CA_Run_ProjectX">
RUN_ProjectX_ON_EXIT and <![CDATA[&Ftr_Configurator=3]]> and NOT Installed
</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="DM_ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="CA_Install_Screensaver">
INSTALL_SCREENSAVER_ON_EXIT and <![CDATA[&Ftr_Screensaver=3]]> and NOT Installed
</Publish>
<Dialog Id="DM_ExitDialog" Width="370" Height="270" Title="!(loc.ExitDialog_Title)">
<Control Id="Finish" Type="PushButton" X="236" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Default="yes" Cancel="yes"
Text="!(loc.WixUIFinish)"/>
<Control Id="Cancel" Type="PushButton" X="304" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Disabled="yes"
Text="!(loc.WixUICancel)"/>
<Control Id="Bitmap" Type="Bitmap" X="0" Y="0" Width="370" Height="234" TabSkip="no"
Text="!(loc.ExitDialogBitmap)"/>
<Control Id="Back" Type="PushButton" X="180" Y="243" Width="56" Height="17" Disabled="yes"
Text="!(loc.WixUIBack)"/>
<Control Id="BottomLine" Type="Line" X="0" Y="234" Width="370" Height="0"/>
<Control Id="Description" Type="Text" X="135" Y="70" Width="220" Height="40" Transparent="yes"
NoPrefix="yes"
Text="Thank you for choosing ProjectX. We sincerely hope it satisfies your needs."/>
<Control Id="Title" Type="Text" X="135" Y="20" Width="220" Height="60" Transparent="yes" NoPrefix="yes"
Text="!(loc.ExitDialogTitle)"/>
<Control Id="RunProjectXCheckBox" Type="CheckBox" X="135" Y="150" Width="220" Height="40" Hidden="yes"
Property="RUN_ProjectX_ON_EXIT" CheckBoxValue="1" Text="Run ProjectX Configurator">
<Condition Action="show"><![CDATA[&Ftr_Configurator=3]]></Condition>
</Control>
<Control Id="InstallScreensaverCheckBox" Type="CheckBox" X="135" Y="190" Width="220" Height="40"
Hidden="yes" Property="INSTALL_SCREENSAVER_ON_EXIT" CheckBoxValue="1"
Text="Install ProjectX as your screensaver">
<Condition Action="show"><![CDATA[&Ftr_Screensaver=3]]></Condition>
</Control>
</Dialog>
<InstallUISequence>
<Show Dialog="DM_ExitDialog" OnExit="success" Overridable="yes"/>
</InstallUISequence>
<AdminUISequence>
<Show Dialog="DM_ExitDialog" OnExit="success" Overridable="yes"/>
</AdminUISequence>
</UI>
<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed."/>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder">
<Directory Id="APPLICATIONFOLDER">
<Directory Id="Dir_jre" Name="jre"/>
<Directory Id="Dir_jars" Name="jars"/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
<Directory Id="Dir_Menu_ProjectX" Name="ProjectX"/>
</Directory>
<Component Id="Cmp_Auto_Connect_to" Win64="yes">
<RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="Software\X Inc\ProjectX" Name="AutoConnectTo" Type="string"
Value="[AUTO_CONNECT_TO]"/>
</Component>
<Directory Id="SystemFolder"/>
</Directory>
<DirectoryRef Id="APPLICATIONFOLDER">
<Component Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Configurator_exe" Guid="" Win64="yes">
<File Id="File_FT_D_ProjectX_Configurator_exe"
Source="$(var.STAGING_DIR)\ProjectX Configurator.exe" KeyPath="yes">
<Shortcut Id="Shrt_ProjectX_Configurator" Name="ProjectX Configurator" Directory="Dir_Menu_ProjectX"
Advertise="yes" Icon="Icon_ProjectX.ico"/>
</File>
<RemoveFolder Id="Rm_Menu_ProjectX_1" Directory="Dir_Menu_ProjectX" On="uninstall"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Displayer_exe" Guid="" Win64="yes">
<File Id="File_FT_D_ProjectX_Displayer_exe" Source="$(var.STAGING_DIR)\ProjectX Displayer.exe"
KeyPath="yes">
<Shortcut Id="Shrt_ProjectX_Displayer" Name="ProjectX Displayer" Directory="Dir_Menu_ProjectX"
Advertise="yes" Icon="Icon_ProjectX.ico"/>
</File>
<RemoveFolder Id="Rm_Menu_ProjectX_2" Directory="Dir_Menu_ProjectX" On="uninstall"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Renderer_exe" Guid="" Win64="yes">
<File Id="File_FT_D_ProjectX_Renderer_exe" Source="$(var.STAGING_DIR)\ProjectX Renderer.exe"
KeyPath="yes">
<Shortcut Id="Shrt_ProjectX_Renderer" Name="ProjectX Renderer" Directory="Dir_Menu_ProjectX"
Advertise="yes" Icon="Icon_ProjectX.ico"/>
</File>
<RemoveFolder Id="Rm_Menu_ProjectX_3" Directory="Dir_Menu_ProjectX" On="uninstall"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="Cmp_Prosaver_scr" Guid="" Win64="yes">
<File Id="File_FT_D_Prosaver_scr" Source="$(var.STAGING_DIR)\Prosaver.scr" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="Cmp_Icon" Guid="" Win64="yes">
<File Id="File_Icon" Source="src\main\installer\ProjectX.ico" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<DirectoryRef Id="Dir_Menu_ProjectX">
<Component Id="Cmp_Install_Screensaver" Guid="" Win64="yes">
<Shortcut Id="Shrt_Install_Screensaver" Name="Install ProjectX Screensaver"
WorkingDirectory="SystemFolder" Icon="Icon_ProjectX.ico"
Target="[SystemFolder]rundll32.exe"
Arguments="desk.cpl,InstallScreenSaver [#File_FT_D_Prosaver_scr]"/>
<RemoveFolder Id="Rm_Menu_ProjectX_4" On="uninstall"/>
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\X Inc\ProjectX" Name="installed" Type="integer"
Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Support" Guid="" Win64="yes">
<util:InternetShortcut Id="IShrt_ProjectX_Support" Name="ProjectX Support" IconFile="[#File_Icon]"
Target="https://support.ProjectX.tech"/>
<RemoveFolder Id="Rm_Menu_ProjectX_5" On="uninstall"/>
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\X Inc\ProjectX" Name="installed" Type="integer"
Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<CustomAction Id="CA_Run_ProjectX" Directory="APPLICATIONFOLDER" Return="asyncNoWait"
ExeCommand="[#File_FT_D_ProjectX_Configurator_exe]"/>
<CustomAction Id="CA_Install_Screensaver" Directory="SystemFolder" Return="asyncNoWait"
ExeCommand="[SystemFolder]rundll32.exe desk.cpl,InstallScreenSaver [#File_FT_D_Prosaver_scr]"/>
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="ProjectX" Level="1" Display="expand"
Description="ProjectX.">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ComGrp_JRE"/>
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ComGrp_JARS"/>
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_Auto_Connect_to"/>
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Support"/>
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_Icon"/>
<Feature Id="Ftr_Configurator" Title="Configurator" Level="1"
Description="This is the application you use to register a new account as well as configure what websites are displayed, what displayers and renderers have access, etc. You need this in at least one computer to control your account.">
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Configurator_exe"/>
</Feature>
<Feature Id="Ftr_Displayer" Title="Displayer" Level="1"
Description="This is what displays web sites. You need this (or the screensaver) on all the computers connected to screens that displays web sites.">
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Displayer_exe"/>
</Feature>
<Feature Id="Ftr_Renderer" Title="Renderer" Level="1"
Description="This accesses your websites and generates the screenshots for the displayers. You need at least one of these although the Configurator can also act as a Renderer.">
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_ProjectX_Renderer_exe"/>
</Feature>
<Feature Id="Ftr_Screensaver" Title="Screensaver" Level="1"
Description="This is what displays web sites as the screensaver. You need this (or the displayer) on all the computers connected to screens that displays web sites.">
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_Prosaver_scr"/>
<ComponentRef Id="Cmp_Install_Screensaver"/>
</Feature>
</Feature>
</Product>
</Wix>
The summary information for the generated MSI looks like this (GUID changed):
and the directory points to the use of ProgramFiles64Folder
. I can't find anything wrong:
%ProgramFiles%
still points to the correct place:
>echo %ProgramFiles%
C:\Program Files
and I also had this fail on two separate computers in the same way (installing to C:\Program Files (x86)
).
If I change the Directory
to be ProgramFilesFolder
instead of ProgramFiles64Folder
, then, I get the expected errors:
error LGHT0204 : ICE80: This 64BitComponent cmpCBBF8379128F087B61BD92F8113C95D6 uses 32BitDirectory dir451F8F132CB17CBF5649679474428CE4
Just in case, I open the registry editor and removed all mentions of C:\Program Files (x86)\X LCC
. That made no difference :(
I tried specifying a name to the directory, as an experiment:
<Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder" Name="Program Files">
and that made no difference either.