Changing the installation path for an existing app does nothing

[KishoreT1]

Please check the below details and provide your valuable suggestions. Thanks alot!

ProductVersion: 3.10

Visual Studio 2017

ToolsVersion="4.0"

.NET Version: 4.6.2

Windows Version: Windows Server 2016 Standard

Problem Details:

The "Change" Option on the installation wizard of the application.exe should allow me to specify a different folder / path for an already installed application. This is not happening.

Steps to reproduce:

Given I have an application installed
When I run the application.exe again, and select the "Change" option
And specify a different installation path, it does nothing

Current Results:

Nothing happens. Wizard completes, no errors. But the new specified folder contains nothing and the previous installation folder contains all files.

Expected Results:

Files should move from previous installation folder to the new one

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[robmen]

IIRC, the Windows Installer does not let you change the installation folder of Components during a repair/maintenance mode.