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japreiss
japreiss

Reputation: 11251

Installshield LE won't install a 32-bit executable into Program Files on 64-bit Windows

I'm making installers for plug-ins using the InstallShield LE built in to Visual Studio 2010. The plug-ins run in separate processes, so they are always 32-bit even if the host application is 64-bit. The plugins must be installed to the same directory as the host application. Therefore, the plugins should always install in Program Files even on 64-bit Windows - not Program Files (x86).

InstallShield's [ProgramFilesFolder] predefined folder detects that the project output is 32-bit and evaluates to Program Files (x86) on a 64-bit machine.

I thought I could get around this by using a fixed folder instead of [ProgramFilesFolder]. But Installshield appears to change it to Program Files (x86) anyway! I guess it's trying to be helpful.

Is there any way to get around this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 720

Answers (1)

Bogdan Mitrache
Bogdan Mitrache

Reputation: 11013

The redirection is done by the OS, not by InstallShield. The same applies for MSI packages built with other setup authoring tools. I explained this with more details in How to install VS help using WIX x86 installer on a x64 platform?

Upvotes: 1

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