MSIEXEC ignoring properties Rick <f[ at ]chance.com> 11/18/2008 4:28:23 PM Can anybody tell me is there's something wrong with this batch file? I've tried both targetdir and primaryfolder to no avail. I'm installing the Access 2000 runtime and do NOT wish to overwrite "program files\office..." etc. Documentation is so scattered on this tool. Thanks! ------ c: md C:\ACCESS2000_RUNTIME cd c:\ART2kSETUP rem run the setup in quiet mode msiexec /i data1 /qn PRIMARYFOLDER="C:\ACCESS2000_RUNTIME" ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Re: MSIEXEC ignoring properties Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon[ at ]iki.fi> 11/18/2008 8:51:45 PM Rick <f[ at ]chance.com> writes: [Quoted Text] > Can anybody tell me is there's something wrong with this batch file? I've > tried both targetdir and primaryfolder to no avail. I'm installing the > Access 2000 runtime and do NOT wish to overwrite "program files\office..." > etc. Documentation is so scattered on this tool. Thanks! Description of the public properties of the Office 2000 Setup command line http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270920 That says INSTALLLOCATION is the property to set. I don't know whether the Access 2000 runtime uses the same properties as the full Office 2000 does but it's worth a try. PRIMARYFOLDER is not a way to specify where something should be installed. It affects disk space calculations in the user interface of Windows Installer. I don't know why it was made a public property at all.

Re: MSIEXEC ignoring properties Rick <f[ at ]chance.com> 11/18/2008 10:25:38 PM Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon[ at ]iki.fi> wrote in news:871vx8vjtq.fsf[ at ]Astalo.kon.iki.fi: [Quoted Text] > Rick <f[ at ]chance.com> writes: > >> Can anybody tell me is there's something wrong with this batch file? >> I've tried both targetdir and primaryfolder to no avail. I'm >> installing the Access 2000 runtime and do NOT wish to overwrite >> "program files\office..." etc. Documentation is so scattered on this >> tool. Thanks! > > Description of the public properties of the Office 2000 Setup command > line http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270920 > > That says INSTALLLOCATION is the property to set. I don't know > whether the Access 2000 runtime uses the same properties as the > full Office 2000 does but it's worth a try. > > PRIMARYFOLDER is not a way to specify where something should be > installed. It affects disk space calculations in the user > interface of Windows Installer. I don't know why it was made a > public property at all. > OKay, thanks. I did try that after I posted the note. No luck, but I'll keep looking.

Re: MSIEXEC ignoring properties "Install.Me.Dan" <Daniel.Lee.ME[ at ]gmail.com> 11/21/2008 2:15:26 PM as long as data1 is the name of the MSI file, then then syntax here is correct. Take a look at the MSI log file and see what is coming in for "Command Line: ", it should include the property PRIMARYFOLDER=. My guess is you have some custom action that is overwriting the value of PRIMARYFOLDER, but that is only a guess based on the data provided here.