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#1165 Building fails when Windows installed on other than C:\

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candle (347)
2012-09-15
2008-04-16
Wout
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This is the error that's shown when Windows is not installed on C:\

Target "Compile" in file "E:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets":
Building target "Compile" completely.
Output file "C:\wout\views\wwview1\publish\WixProject.wixobj" does not exist.
Using "Candle" task from assembly "E:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\WixTasks.dll".
Task "Candle"
E:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets(1087,5): error MSB6004: The specified task executable locati
on "C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe" is invalid.
Done executing task "Candle" -- FAILED.
Done building target "Compile" in project "WixProject.wixproj" -- FAILED.

Wout

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  • Bob Arnson

    Bob Arnson - 2008-05-02

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    Are you building inside Visual Studio or using MSBuild at the command line?

     
  • Wout

    Wout - 2008-05-02

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    This is when using MSBuild at the command line.

    Thanks!

    Wout

     
  • Rob Mensching

    Rob Mensching - 2008-05-09

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    This should be fixed in the next build.

     
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