From 72643952201bb1e713f0e3ffeecb428878fc3b4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Multhaupt <m.multhaupt@setlog.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:57:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix .msi disallowing install to network drives

---
 CHANGES.md                  | 4 ++++
 build/launcher.wxs.template | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4bcd67e7..dcbfc2b4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release-Changelog
 
+## v1.8.1 (2023-12-21)
+### Fixes
+* MSI Build will no longer deny installation into network drive.
+
 ## v1.8.0 (2023-12-20)
 ### Changes
 * Raise minimum golang requirement to 1.17.
diff --git a/build/launcher.wxs.template b/build/launcher.wxs.template
index c432ccec..09a205de 100644
--- a/build/launcher.wxs.template
+++ b/build/launcher.wxs.template
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
     <!-- Define the property to tell WIX to use the folder given in WIXUI_INSTALLDIR -->
     <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY"/>
 
+    <!-- Allow installation to network drives. BUG: If .msi is built with Wix v3, users must TYPE
+        the path instead of using the browse dialog for this to work. See https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/4737 -->
+    <Property Id="WIXUI_DONTVALIDATEPATH" Value="1" />
+
     <!-- Configure variables for ProgramFiles path to install into the correct 64bit directory when installing
     the 64bit version -->
     <?if $(sys.BUILDARCH) = x64 ?>