I am building an installer for a tool that adds on to an existing application using scripting. The main application uses folders in the user's AppDir, and I want to add a subfolder and some files:
<Directory Id="AppDataFolder">
<Directory Id="ProgAppDataDir" Name="ProgName">
<Directory Id="ScriptsDir" Name="Scripts">
<Directory Id="SCRIPTINSTALLDIR" Name="ProductName"/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
In this setup, the AppDataFolder is Wix's shortcut to %AppData%. The main application creates the "ProgramAppDataDir" and "ScriptsDir". Then I create the "SCRIPTSINSTALLDIR" for my use. I add <RemoveFolder Id="SCRIPTINSTALLDIR" On="uninstall" /> in the appropriate component, but since I didn't install the other directory, and they can contain content that should not be removed during uninstalling my application, I don't want to add the same for the ProgAppDataDir and ScriptsDir.
Since I don't do that, I get the following error messages when using light:
error LGHT0204 : ICE64: The directory ProgAppDataDir is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table.
error LGHT0204 : ICE64: The directory ScriptsDir is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table.
Is there a way to avoid these errors? Either create a link to the path that doesn't trigger the ICE error, a way to suppress these as known / accepted errors, or some other way around them?
I have seen several related posts, such as the ones listed below but they all suggest adding the RemoveFile directive or relate to missing / orphaned ids which is not appropriate for this case.
wix The directory is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table
remove file ICE64 writing to localAppData
How do I install to LocalAppData folder?
Why does WiX complain that my directory isn't listed in the RemoveFile table?
