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Windows MSI installer: make install directory configurable #2791

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@SunderB SunderB commented Jun 23, 2021

(Hopefully) allows the user to choose the installation directory instead of always installing in Program Files.
Closes issue #2782 and discussion #2774

I'm not familiar with WIX or how it works, but I found this: https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/wixui/dialog_reference/wixui_installdir.html which is what I've based this PR from.
This has not been tested yet. Testing is greatly appreciated!

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Looks great! I'll test this out in a week or so unless someone else gets to it before me 😄

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It's been a bit more than a week 😂 I've been quite busy recently... will report how I go in the next few days 👍

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So, initial tests show that it displays a dialog for picking the install directory.
However, when it finishes the install process, it appears to still install into the original program files location.
I'll see if I can troubleshoot this a little more.

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I don't know whether it's related, but when picking the directory to install to, I get this error: (which apparently comes from Windows Installer). Clicking Ok seems to still allow me to move on to the next stage of the installer.

Screenshot 2021-09-15 211616

The end result is still as in my above message.

If I do something drastic like remove the wrapping <Directory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder" Name="PFiles"> in sonic-pi.wxs, then it seems to put Sonic Pi in the chosen location, but the app crashes on starting.
I also saw an article that seemed to say that the ids of the nested directories should all not be in uppercase, but if I change them to lowercase, it makes no difference for me.

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Feature Request: Custom Installation Location for Windows MSI
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