Re: [WiX-users] using dism.exe in my custom action

[Jeremy F. <jfa...@pi...>]

You missed the wonderful file system redirector. Whichever of the two
names you use, Windows forces the 32-bit custom action to use the file
in SysWOW64. 

[WindowsFolder]Sysnative\dism.exe should do what you need.


> From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lj...@mi...] 
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:07 AM
> 
> I am trying to use dism.exe in one of my custom actions for 
> Windows server 2008 R2.
> 
> There are two dism.exe, one in c:\windows\system, the other 
> in c:\windows\syswow64. No matter which one I use, running 
> msi fails with this error:
> 
> You cannot service a running 64-bit operating system with a 
> 32-bit version of DISM. Please use the version of DISM that 
> corresponds to your computer's architecture.
> 
> Here is my custom action:
> <!-- install .NET framework -->
>     <CustomAction Id="InstallNetFramework"
>                   Property="InstallNetFrameworkDeferred"
>                   Value='"[WindowsFolder]SysWOW64\dism.exe" 
> /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3'
>                   Execute='immediate'
>                   Return='check'/>
>     <CustomAction Id="InstallNetFrameworkDeferred"
>                   BinaryKey='WixCA'
>                   DllEntry="CAQuietExec"
>                   Execute="deferred"
>                   Return="check"
>                   Impersonate="no" />
> 
> Did I miss anything?