Found my answer.

To search or copy files on a 64-bit machine in C:\Windows\System32\,

you can use, %WIN%\sysnative\ for the directory in Wisescript. This tell the OS you want the 64-bit. Wow, took my google skills a few hours to find this one. I guess there is no updated WiseScript manual either...Still, this was a 64-bit OS thing, but it would have been nice to document how to search the 64-bit file folders in WiseScript.

Thanks,

Jeff L.

...are available on the Symantec website at: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/resources/sites/BUSINESS/content/live/DOCUMENTATION/5000/DOC5423/en_US/WisePackageStudio_8.0MR1_release_notes.pdf

On page 4 there is a paragraph that states:

Well, I tried the %x64SYS32% variable and it confirms it sees the file(find File in Path), but cannot copy it with the copy local file action. I still have to use the %WIN%\sysnative switch to copy from the System32 dir to another directory.

It doesn't seem that %x64SYS32% can actually do anything in the 64bit system32 almost like a permission issue when it tries to copy a file. "The File C:\WIndows\System32\atest64.txt could not be opened."

I search for the file put it in a variable and use that variable to copy the file locally...also use the Display Message function with my variable just to confirm the variable returned the correct path, which it does.

I will probably just keep using the sysnative switch since it doesn't appear that all the file functions in wisescript work with %x64SYS32%...obviously only the few that are mentioned in the release notes.

Thanks for responding so quickly Edt.

Thanks,

Jeff L.

The bottom line is that Wisescript was not rewritten to be a 64 bit application, but that **some** 64 bit functionality was added. It was never intended for the upgrade to be a full 64 bit installer as the MSI technology is perfectly adequate for that. I had to do a lot of persuading to get the original 64 bit Wisescript specification extended to include some rather basic functions but there was never enough developer time or budget to do it properly. At the time, I was unaware that the intention was to pass Wisescript to Flexera, so once this has happened, maybe we will see some more investment on extending Wisescript fully into a 64 bit product. However, don't hold your breath.

Since VBScript is fully 64 bit aware, custom actions can do most of the things that Wisescript was used for, albeit sometimes with a bit more coding necessary.

File System Redirection

Please follow the link and let me know whether it solves the concern or not:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942589

-wancsho