WiX Heat tool, create a component with the Win64 attribute

Question

Is there a way to generate a file using the heat tool, which will have a Win64 attribute in the Component sections?

The problem is that in my 64-bit installer, most of the files are 32-bit components that should be marked as Win64="no" in Component . I use the heat tool to create them, so an additional manual step is required, and this speeds up our automatic assembly.

UPDATE The short answer is “no” (which is marked as the answer), I believe that I will just go with some additional tool that will do the job.

Answer 1

Heat.exe does not have a switch for this, but candle.exe does. Download -arch x64 to the command line of candle.exe and it will set the default values ​​for the platform, components, etc.

By the way, the question was originally asked here .

Answer 2

I know this is old, but he was just looking for the same problem, and it happened.

I found that you can still use Heat if you add "-arch x64" to the advanced compiler options in the "Tool Options" in the Wix project properties.