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WiX: Reference files in source media folder of MSI

I would like to keep some files outside of my MSI in a directory: e.g.

C:\users\foo\msi-folder\
  installer.msi
  stuff\
    files here i want to reference

I can successfully not embed the files with a custom <Media> (not sure if this is necessary) element and setting compressed="no" such that the files get created in my bin directory

but, when i run the installer it tries to look for them in (TARGETDIR) C:\stuff\....
I want to be able to do something like <Directory Name="stuff" SourceName="[SourceDir]stuff"> but that does not seem to work.

Solution

  • I ended up removing the files and using a custom action to reference them by path (using <SetProperty Value="[SourceDir]..." /> to reference the paths.

    I also ended up switching to using PnPUtil as DIFx is deprecated