176207 - Default install location under Win2K with Mozilla 1.1

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Doug Newton]

Our internal IT group has configured our PCs such that all applications, by
default, install on D:\Applications\... rather than C:\Program Files\... .  

I'm not sure how this was done (doesn't appear to be an environment variable,
must be something in the registry).  But most other application installers seem
to respect this, and when you go to install them, they default to their default
app directory underneath D:\Applications.  (Lotus Notes is a notable exception).

Mozilla doesn't recognize this, and offers C:\Program Files\mozilla [...] as the
default location.

thanks.

Comment 1

[Henrik Gemal]

if you run "regedit" and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
what's "ProgramFilesDir" set to?

Comment 2

[Doug Newton]

ProgramFilesDir is set to D:\Applications.  (As is ProgramFilesPath.)

However, I just tried installing on another PC and it did default to
D:\applications, so something weird is going on.  I will try to reproduce.

thanks

Comment 3

[Henrik Gemal]

works for me. It you find a scenario where it doesn't work reopen

Comment 4

[Grace Bush]

v

Comment 5

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

The Mozilla install will pick up the location of a previous install, maybe that
happened. Shouldn't happen if the old one was uninstalled (not deleted,
uninstalled).

Comment 6

[Henrik Gemal]

I think Mozilla first checks:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\mozilla.org\Mozilla\[version]\Main\Install Directory
then
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir

Comment 7

[Doug Newton]

Thanks, yes, this was why it was inconsistent for me... on the PC in question 
there was an older install  (that I didn't know about) that wasn't removed 
first.

So I would say we can close this one.

thanks,
Doug