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when you press the "Change" button and select any installation path with at least one directory name in it from the dialog box the install path becomes unreadable by a windows user. It should display the full path with complete folder names.

This is an example of what we are seeing:
\\PROGRA~1\\FOLDER~1\\etc

Selecting or reselecting the default install path like this will also trigger this to happen.

How do you change it so that when the install path displays it will show the full install path with complete folder names?

That's the "old" 8.3 filename format
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3
Do you have something like somewhere in your script?

No, I don't see a "Convert to Short Path" in the script anywhere.

I would assume that a convert path in the script won't change too much, as the problem seems to reside in part of the installer that does not run through the script (within a dialog).

The problem only occurs after using the "Change..." button on the destination folder dialog. And the problem is seen in the text box provided on that same screen. So it is my assumption that the problem is bound into some hidden installer functionality, and isn't a result of anything in the script. Creating a new project yields the same results, so I don't think it's anything project specific either.

My hope is that there is some sort of setting, or variable that can be altered such as to resolve the problem.

Any other ideas?

Hi Devinr

I am having exactly the same problem with the path converting itself back to 8.3 format. Did you manage to solve your problem and if you did, how did you manage to fix it?

Thank you

Wimpie