Installer only installs to root on x64 systems

Question

My MSI installer created with Visual Studio 2008 refuses to install the app in the designated directory and instead will only install the app in the root directory. If I take the same MSI and install in on an x86 system the installer installs the app in the directory specified.

I am developing the app and MSI on Server 2008 and Win7 RC x64 (Hyper-V). I see the same results on either development platform.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Check two things:

1. Are you targeting x64 for the code?
2. Are you targeting x64 for the .MSI file?

This link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cd7a85k9(VS.80).aspx explains the gotchas.

Answer 2

I'm having the same problem.

Is there are way to avoid running the setup.exe. Its only for pre-requisits and the systems the program will be installing to will have all of them.

Basically I need a way to elevate the adminstrator privileges in the MSI. I don't mind if the user acces control comes up to prompt the user, i just need it to not install to the Root.