Size displayed in 'AddRemovePrograms' applet

jweksej · Post by **jweksej** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:21 am

it is estimated as size of $TARGETDIR$ folder defined in installer. How to pass only to ARP another path, in my case it is $TARGETDIR$ subfolder '$TARGETDIR$\\ComponentName' ?

CandiceJones · Post by **CandiceJones** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:11 pm

Actually, this is estimated internally by Windows Installer. I don't think it has anything to do with $TARGETDIR$.

You can hard-code your own size if you wish, by directly writing to the registry.

jweksej · Post by **jweksej** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:28 pm

But the size displayed is exactly as TARGETDIR folder size...
Do you know where in registry is this size stored?

CandiceJones · Post by **CandiceJones** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:51 am

A quick Google search reveals this location to be:

HKLM (for ALLUSERS=TRUE)
HKCU (for ALLUSERS=FALSE)

\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\$TITLE$
EstimatedSize (INTEGER)= $MYSIZE$

jweksej · Post by **jweksej** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:37 am

and quick test on registry editor - and it doesn't work. Either on 2k or Xp. ARP displays the same value all the time.
This was the reason of my previous post.

CandiceJones · Post by **CandiceJones** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:19 pm

You may have modified the wrong area of the registry. You can search for this field in other ARP entries and correlate your findings.

jweksej · Post by **jweksej** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:03 am

This is exactly what I've done before. I've changed Microsoft components size and it looks, ARP is not using EstimatedSize anymore.