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Setting Options for an Administrative Installation

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4. Click OK.
To include the original source directory
If you add directories to the Search Locations page, the installation's original source
directory is replaced, but you can add it to your search locations.
1. Add [SOURCEDIR] to the Search Locations page.
2. Select MSI Script > Execute Immediate tab and click the Standard tab.
3. Add ResolveSource, a standard Windows Installer action, to the Execute Immediate
sequence immediately after the CostInitialize action.
4. Find the action named Set Property WiseModifySourceList and move it below the
ResolveSource action.
To avoid performing this for each new installation, add these modifications to a
template.
See Creating and Editing Installation Templates
See also:
Setting Options for an Administrative Installation
Setting Administrator Options
Use the Administrative Install page to specify the property values to be set during an
installation from an administrative image. Properties that you set on this page are only
in effect during installation from an administrative image. If an end user runs this
installation directly, not from an administrative image, then this page has no effect. For
information on administrative installations, see Administrative Installation in the
Windows Installer SDK Help.
Development computer. Use Package Distribution to perform an
administrative installation to a shared network server.
Administrative Installation. Properties defined under the Properties
icon in Setup Editor > Product tab are stored in the .MSI and applied
during installation.
Shared network server. Server stores the administrative image.
Regular Installation. Properties set on Administrative Install page are
applied during installation. These values override properties defined in
the .MSI.
End user computer. User, logon script, or other mechanism starts
installation by running the administrative installation on the server.
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