3 replies to this topic

[vinaychandran]

Hi...
I am using Visual Studio Installer for creating an .msi package.

In the registtry settings window I have added the following key:-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

In this I have specified the following:-
Name : Path
Data Type: vsirdtREG_SZ
Value : [~];C:\Winfcp\Exe

The msi package created using this doesn't get the environment path properly from system properly.

Therefore if the path was :
C:\Winnt\System32

it becomes:-

;C:\Winfcp\Exe


Also when I uninstall this package the "Path" environment is removed from the registry.

My problem is :-

1) How do i add onto the current Environment path

2) During uninstall, how do I force the uninstaller to revert back to the previous Environment path value.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Vinay

[Wesley Paik]

Is there anyone that has the answer to this?
This is basically the same question that I was going to ask.
I got all happy when I found in the search only to find that there are no replies
I understand that using software such as installshield has these options but I'd like to know if it can be done using the VS.Net installer.
Thanks,
Wes

[Wesley Paik]

ok,
I think I found the answer to the above problem by editing the environment table with this:
Environment: Path
Name: =-*PATH
Value: [~];[INSTALLDIR]

But, I am unsure of what to put in the component_ field?
Any ideas?
I am using ORCA to edit the environment table.

Edited by Wesley Paik, 12 October 2005 - 05:39.

[Stefan Krueger]

The component that should trigger the installation of that entry.
When you try to edit a relational database with a low level table viewer should should carefully read the documentation about the affected tables to avoid corruption.