The pre-signing check matched any folder named Program Files, so it rejected
a valid MSI when Windows resolves Program Files elsewhere, accepted the 64-bit
root for an x86 package and accepted a different app name. Build the expected
folder from the package architecture's resolved root and the policy name.
Real msiexec runs (per-user and all-users, silent and wizard) found two defects
that the metadata fixtures cannot see:
- "Only for me" published ALLUSERS=2, so FindRelatedProducts treated the run as
per-machine and skipped the existing per-user copy. An interactive upgrade
left two registered products and uninstall left files behind. The page now
leaves ALLUSERS unset for a per-user choice.
- Windows Installer resolves Program Files once, for the context it started in,
so choosing "Everyone" in the wizard installed into the user profile with a
machine-wide registration. The wizard now sets the new-install folder itself
after the choice (Program Files, Program Files (x86) for 32-bit, or the
per-user Programs folder). Silent installs are unchanged.
check-install-policy.ps1 now fails if either regresses.
The MSI gets a setup wizard (WixUI dialogs, no licence or folder page) with a
Shortcuts page: the Start Menu shortcut as before, plus an opt-in "Create a
desktop shortcut" checkbox bound to DESKTOPSHORTCUT. Silent installs take
DESKTOPSHORTCUT=1. The shortcut goes on the all-users desktop (per-machine
install) in its own component with an HKCU key path (ICE38/43/57), so
uninstall removes it; upgrades read that value back and keep the previous
choice unless DESKTOPSHORTCUT is given.
The build now needs WixToolset.UI.wixext 5.0.2 (release workflow and
package.ps1 updated).
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Workflows and packaging adapted from the craftrules playbook (release environment with the twelve
signing secrets, new WiX upgrade code, .dxf/.dwg file associations), app icon set (hicolor, icns,
ico), docs/releasing.md. MTEXT now opens a text editor window for its contents.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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