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Hard-Coded Paths

AdminStudio 2025 R2 | 30.0 | Application Manager

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This test is not applicable to App-V packages.

For this operating system compatibility test, the Windows Installer database is scanned for hard-coded paths in the following tables: Registry, IniFile, Shortcut, ServiceControl, ServiceInstall, and CustomAction (excluding script-based custom actions).

Test Group/Test Category​

  • 2827—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-1809 (and 2019 LTSC) (32-Bit)

  • 7027—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-21H2 (32-Bit)

  • 7227—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-22H2 (32-Bit)

  • 2927—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-1809 (and 2019 LTSC) (64-Bit)

  • 7127—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-21H2 (64-Bit)

  • 7327—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-22H2 (64-Bit)

  • 7427—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 11-22H2 (64-Bit)

  • 7527—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 11-23H2 (64-Bit)

  • 7627—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 11-24H2 (64-Bit)

  • 0527—Operating System Compatibility/Windows Server 2012

  • 0627—Operating System Compatibility/Windows Server 2016

  • 1027—Operating System Compatibility/Windows Server 2019

Severity​

Warning

Messages​

  • This Windows Installer database contains a hard-coded path "[REGISTRY_VALUE]" in registry entry [REGISTRY_KEY] (Table: Registry, Key: [REGISTRY_ENTRY]).

  • This Windows Installer database contains a hard-coded path "[INI_FILE_KEY]" in a key of an INI file (Table: IniFile, Key: [INIFILE_KEY]).

  • This Windows Installer database contains a hard-coded path "[INI_FILE_VALUE]" in a value of an INI file (Table: IniFile, Key: [INIFILE_KEY]).

  • This Windows Installer database contains a hard-coded path "[CUSTOM_ACTION_TARGET]" in the CustomAction table (Table: CustomAction, Key: [CUSTOM_ACTION_KEY]).

  • This Windows Installer database contains a hard-coded path "[SHORTCUT_ARGUMENTS]" in shortcut [SHORTCUT_NAME] (Table: Shortcut, Key: [SHORTCUT_KEY]).

  • This Windows Installer database contains a hard-coded path "[SERVICECONTROL_ARGUMENTS]" in the ServiceControl table (Table: ServiceControl, Key: [SERVICECONTROL_KEY]).

  • This Windows Installer database contains a hard-coded path "[SERVICEINSTALL_ARGUMENTS]" in the ServiceInstall table (Table: ServiceInstall, Key: [SERVICEINSTALL_KEY]).

Background​

During migration to a new environment, some paths might have changed or became obsolete, eventually causing hard-coded values in Windows Installer databases (for example, in the Registry or IniFile tables) to no longer be valid. This could result in installation failures or functionality issues.

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ICE48 checks for directories that are hard-coded to local paths.

Resolution​

The following resolutions are available.

Manual Fix​

For each hard-coded path, a property that contains that value should be created. That property should replace the hard-coded path.

Basic Auto Fix​

Hard-coded paths are replaced with properties that contain the original paths in a Windows Installer transform. The newly created properties are named ASFIX_PATH\_``\# (where \# is an enumerator to uniquely name the properties).

This fix is enabled by default.

Advanced Auto Fix​

No resolution is available.

See Also

Windows Installer Internal Consistency Evaluators