Windows installer in AllUsers mode presents wrong installation path

[chrullrich]

BPO	25163
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @chrullrich

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GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/zooba'
closed_at = <Date 2015-10-11.22:38:15.116>
created_at = <Date 2015-09-18.08:13:20.208>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-installation', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Windows installer in AllUsers mode presents wrong installation path'
updated_at = <Date 2015-10-11.22:38:15.115>
user = 'https://github.com/chrullrich'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2015-10-11.22:38:15.115>
actor = 'steve.dower'
assignee = 'steve.dower'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2015-10-11.22:38:15.116>
closer = 'steve.dower'
components = ['Installation', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2015-09-18.08:13:20.208>
creator = 'chrullrich'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 25163
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['250955', '251381', '252827']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'tim.golden', 'python-dev', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower', 'chrullrich']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25163'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

[chrullrich]

When run with InstallAllUsers=1, the Windows installer displays (%LOCALAPPDATA%)\Programs\Python\Python35 as the installation target directory, but actually installs into the path for a system-wide installation, "%PROGRAMFILES%\Python 3.5".

Ceterum censeo: This bug could have been avoided, and would certainly have been detected in time, by using MSI as the distribution package format. Because most MSI UI will display TARGETDIR as the target directory, an accidental override (or missing override) of this path would have been obvious.

[zooba]

Just an incorrect variable reference in the localization file. Should be easy enough to fix (if the variable is initialized at the start of installation...)

[python-dev]

New changeset 919b1dffa741 by Steve Dower in branch '3.5':
Issue bpo-25163: Display correct directory in installer when using non-default settings.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/919b1dffa741

New changeset 6f97c51b6dc5 by Steve Dower in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-25163: Display correct directory in installer when using non-default settings.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6f97c51b6dc5