[cvsnt] Re: MSI installer does not work from subst:ed drives

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Tue Sep 20 20:56:35 BST 2005


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Bo Berglund wrote:

> But considering Windows Installer's inability to run a setup from a
> subst: drive, I guess that it also is unable to run it from a network
> share for the same reson (the service not having access rights to the
> shared drive on the other PC).

No, this works... it's designed for network deplyoment (you can tell the 
active directory controller to install the app on the entire network 
apparently).

Network drives are part of the global namespace, whereas subst drives 
are local to a single user.

Tony



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