Phil Pendlebury
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Installer creating folders that should not be created

Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:51 pm

Hi there,

I have a number of folder searches with values like:

TESTONE
[AppDataFolder]\Blah\Blah\Presets\

TESTTWO
[AppDataFolder]\Blahagain\Blah\Presets\

If installer finds the above directory on the machine it will copy a file into that folder.

The files are stored on Target Computer section of installer in folders TESTONE, TESTTWO etc.

It works fine but for some reason one of my users is reporting that the installer is CREATING all the search folders on his G drive.

Does this make any sense?

Can I send you anything to check for me?

Thank you

Phil Pendlebury
Posts: 9
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:44 pm

Re: Installer creating folders that should not be created

Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:42 pm

Here is a log of the user who had the problem.

He wrote to me:
I ran command:

msiexec /i "G:\purchased zipped\meap\meap66.msi" /L g:\log.txt

and selected to 'Repair' the installation.

I attach the log file. You may see that the log refers to these new folders on "G".
Last edited by Phil Pendlebury on Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Phil Pendlebury
Posts: 9
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:44 pm

Re: Installer creating folders that should not be created

Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:55 pm

I am also seeing this problem although on my system it is on the E drive (the last drive in my computer) that the files are being placed.

Phil Pendlebury
Posts: 9
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:44 pm

Re: Installer creating folders that should not be created

Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:18 pm

It's OK I have realised the problem. I had not use the procedure in this thread:

http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums ... f=2&t=4958

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