Wix Directory Confusion?

Question

So I have my installer working, however the directory ID's have my confused.

Right now I have:

<Fragment>
    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
        <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
            <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="MainFolder" />
              <Directory Id="APPFOLDER" Name="Utility" >
               </Directory>
        </Directory>
    </Directory>
</Fragment>

My Component Group (for all my files to get moved) referenced "Utility", However it creates a Folder in Program Files called "Utility" and Not MainFolder/Utility.

How do I make it go to Program Files/Mainfolder/Utility instead of Just Program Files/Utility

thanks!

CheGueVerra · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-17T18:47:09.327

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Your current Directory structure is set like this (MainFolder and Utility are under programFiles)

SourceDir  
  ProgramFiles  
     MainFolder  
     Utility

Change the Directory structure in your fragment like the code below it will create a structure like this (Utility is now under Mainfolder) Notice how the Directory element of the INSTALLFOLDER now doesn't have an end tag "/>"

SourceDir  
  ProgramFiles  
     MainFolder  
        Utility

<Fragment>
    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
        <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
            <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="MainFolder" >
              <Directory Id="APPFOLDER" Name="Utility" >
              </Directory>
            </Directory>
        </Directory>
    </Directory>
</Fragment>

edited Oct 17 '14 at 18:47

answered Oct 17 '14 at 18:38

CheGueVerra

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I was looking at your heat harvest question, but you deleted it ;) – CheGueVerra Oct 17 '14 at 19:10
Actually ironically that was an accident lol but essentially I cannot figure out a way to register multiple .dll's using heat or if it's even possible. – Oct 17 '14 at 19:10
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3734754/how-can-i-exclude-files-from-being-harvested-with-heat-wix-3-5 look at Yan Sklyarenko answer. – CheGueVerra Oct 17 '14 at 19:11
AH I see. Quick question: Since Im harvesting the heat information on my computer im using a folder reference for my computer and not the actual computer/directory it's going to be installed on.....does this matter? – Oct 17 '14 at 19:13
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Nope, it's will be relatif to the installation process – CheGueVerra Oct 17 '14 at 19:14

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