InstallShield installs to SysWOW64 and not in System32

Question

I'm creating a InstallShield 2012 Spring project, and I need to copy some jpg into System32 subfolder.
In Application Data/Files and Folders, I put that into [WindowsFolder]/System32/akrmf and when install, it copies to SysWOW64/akrmf on Windows 7
The installation project doesn't include any exe or dll, only text files and images.
I tried using [SystemFolder] and copies into SysWOW64 too.

Is there any way to force installation into System32/akrmf folder ?

Thanks

Answer 1

To target the true (64-bit) system folder with Windows Installer, your MSI needs to be a 64-bit package (see Targeting 64-bit Operating Systems). Unfortunately this prevents it from installing on 32-bit systems.

To do this with InstallScript, there are related approaches that do not require creating two separate packages, but you may find it easiest to create two different components where only one is selected for installation.