I building a simple installer that copies files to a folder under Program Files. In spite of defining the Component as Win64 and Directory to be ProgramFiles64Folder, the MSI at runtime changes the install path . I ran it using verbose log mode and I get the following message
WIN64DUALFOLDERS: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\' will substitute 17 characters in 'C:\Program Files\' folder path. (mask argument = 0, the folder pair's iSwapAttrib member = 0).
Below is my snippet (use registry to populate INSTALLDIR)
<Property Id="INSTALLDIR">
<RegistrySearch
Id="AsteaRegistryKeys"
Type="raw"
Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\MyCompany\1.0\MyApplication"
Name="InstallDir" />
</Property>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder">
<Directory Id="MyCompany">
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR">
<Component
Id="MainExecutable"
Guid="1537B67F-6D49-4bbc-89DC-20A1FB7E07E0" Win64="yes">
<File
Id="EXE"
Name="MyApp.exe"
DiskId="1"
Source="Source_Bin\MyApp.exe"
KeyPath="no" />
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
This is a problem between chair and keyboard. I defined the package platform incorrectly as "ia64" instead of "x64". Problem solved!