Unable to install TC automatically in Progam Files

[Octopuss]

I am going absolutely crazy here.
I want TC to automatically install under Program Files in 64bit Windows.
No matter what I do, it always ends up in c:\totalcmd.

This is the relevant part of install.inf:

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[Installation]
program=Total Commander 64 bit
progver=8.51
progvermajor=8
progverminor=5109
progname=Total Commander
copyright=Copyright © 1993-2014 by Christian Ghisler, All Rights reserved
url=http://www.ghisler.com
publisher=Ghisler Software GmbH
updatecheck=totalcmd64.exe
// User for shortcut creation: Blank for current user, * for all users, or give user name
UserName=*

[auto]
// Set auto=1 for automatic installation, hidden=1 for invisible installer, with parameters below and from [Installation]
auto=1
hidden=1
lang=1
alllang=0
iniloc=%programfiles%\Total Commander
iniall=1
mkgroup=1
mkdesktop=1

[Versioncheck]
Vernum=2

[Not running]
1=WINDOW,Total Commander
2=TTOTAL_CMD,Total Commander
3=TTOTAL_CMD.UnicodeClass,Total Commander
4=TApplication,Total Commander,Total Commander

[Destination]
Dir=%programfiles%\Total Commander
Ini=wincmd.ini,Configuration,InstallDir

In the wincmd.ini I have
[Configuration]
InstallDir=%programfiles%\Total Commander

The only thing that works as expected is the ini file. It ends up in whatever folder I specify in it, but the program itself simply installs itself in the root folder and isn't even aware of the ini file.
I also tried enclosing the paths in quotes but it didn't help.
Help!

[Stefan2]

First things first, to be clear:
can we assume your 64-Bit OS is Win7?
and you do not install as elevated Administrator?
And what do you mean with "automatically install"? How? What? Where?

[Dalai]

Did you delete HKLM\Software\Ghisler and HKCU\Software\Ghisler - and since you're on Windows x64 - HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Ghisler before launching the installation? TC will install itself to the folder it was installed before, no matter what you specifiy in the install.inf, if the mentions keys are present.

Regards
Dalai

[ghisler(Author)]

With the latest self-extracting installer, you can set
IgnoreOldLocation=1
under section [Destination] to ignore all previous installations of TC.

Here is the new installer package:
https://plugins.ghisler.com/addons/newinstaller.zip

It contains two exes, 32-bit and 64-bit. Use the 32-bit one for 32-bit or combined installer. Rename to sfxhead.sfx and put in TC directory. Then set ZIP compression to 0 (stored) and pack the install files.

For the combined 32+64-bit version installer, you can also start with this package and just modify the inf file. Again make sure to re-pack it with compression 0 (stored).
https://plugins.ghisler.com/addons/tcmd851ax32_64auto.exe