orphaned component error when building wix project - wix

actually I just started learning wix today from the http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/
after reading and learning few things I got some confidence to start creating my first wix project and the configuration for the same is here:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Product Id="*" Name="PersonalDailyInstaller" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="Muhammad Sufiyan Shaikh" UpgradeCode="1327de13-b713-4cee-9778-be9c7460c0aa">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />
<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
<MediaTemplate />
<!-- <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" /> -->
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="PersonalDailyInstaller" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
</Feature>
</Product>
<Fragment>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="PersonalDaily" />
</Directory>
</Directory>
<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="MainExe" Guid="D7DC3991-2EE4-4BE5-B8B4-D15AC05592F3">
<File Id="MainExe" Source="bin\Debug\PersonalDaily.exe" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/>
</Component>
<Component Id="DataPD" Guid="9DF21E80-F608-416A-BBAE-92AB3DA4CAE6">
<File Id="DataPD" Source="bin\Debug\data.PD" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="ProductComponent">
<File Source="$(var.PersonalDaily.TargetPath)" />
</Component>
</ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
now when I build the wix project I am getting below error:
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Found orphaned Component 'MainExe'. If this is a Product, every Component must have at least one parent Feature. To include a Component in a Module, you must include it directly as a Component element of the Module element or indirectly via ComponentRef, ComponentGroup, or ComponentGroupRef elements. PersonalDailyInstaller C:\Users\muham\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\PersonalDaily\PersonalDailyInstaller\Product.wxs 25
any help or work around would be a great help for me. thanks in advance.


thanks everyone, actually I got it working by doing some changes and experiment on it, and updated working code is here:
and yes for sure, If anyone has better approach then this please post your answer...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Product Id="*" Name="PersonalDailyInstaller" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="Muhammad Sufiyan Shaikh" UpgradeCode="1327de13-b713-4cee-9778-be9c7460c0aa">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />
<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
<MediaTemplate />
<!-- <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" /> -->
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="PersonalDailyInstaller" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
<ComponentGroupRef Id="Dlls" />
</Feature>
</Product>
<Fragment>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="PersonalDaily" />
</Directory>
</Directory>
<ComponentGroup Id="Dlls" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="DataPD" Guid="9DF21E80-F608-416A-BBAE-92AB3DA4CAE6">
<File Id="DataPD" Source="..\PersonalDaily\bin\Debug\data.PD" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes"/>
</Component>
</ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="ProductComponent">
<File Source="$(var.PersonalDaily.TargetPath)" />
</Component>
</ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>

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i am trying to add files in my WIX installer, however it doesn't do that at the moment. i am staring at it for hours now and i just can't see what might be the problem. the referencing seems to work alright as well as the target location. the installer runs fine up to the point when it needs to install files of course.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Directory Id="dirE31AF1F0EC087256AE3A304B079577CE" Name="Program Files">
<Directory Id="dir686DC70E77279FD983277BA8C61F0AF5" Name="ActiveX Control Pad">
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<File Id="fil0D955E35C33B26A36350F0C4D02733AF" KeyPath="yes" Source="C:\Users\fjansen\Documents\MMI installatie bestanden\MMI install files\Program Files\ActiveX Control Pad\license.txt" />
</Component>
<Component Id="cmp367C764B6CFEC27E7632FB3F5B37A3F9" Guid="{FBEC3C91-3DCD-4CF3-B58D-B7C97AEB8ACF}">
<File Id="fil084E5B485699543BB060A10BAEEC4519" KeyPath="yes" Source="C:\Users\fjansen\Documents\MMI installatie bestanden\MMI install files\Program Files\ActiveX Control Pad\ped.cnt" />
</Component>
<Component Id="cmp5EF25EC501B2689546C69D7C8B18B79F" Guid="{182C17ED-01E1-4529-A733-D3FBA7FF61EE}">
<File Id="filF5043624868A85726914B5A383640B6F" KeyPath="yes" Source="C:\Users\fjansen\Documents\MMI installatie bestanden\MMI install files\Program Files\ActiveX Control Pad\PEd.exe" />
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<Fragment>
<ComponentGroup Id="Wix_database" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" >
<ComponentRef Id="cmp50E37DF3A2B94BC9155ED7F4A264B47B" />
<ComponentRef Id="cmp367C764B6CFEC27E7632FB3F5B37A3F9" />
<ComponentRef Id="cmp5EF25EC501B2689546C69D7C8B18B79F" />
the ComponentGroupRef's and the Fragments they are connected to are currently not yet in use and dont have an impact on the program (the Fragments are left out of this example)
can anybody see what i might have done wrong or what is missing?
thanks in advance,

i have solved the errors. it had a conflict with my reference file i still had in the project, because of that it did see it as two references to the same symbol that i declared the way heavyd suggested.
thanks for the support Heavyd.

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<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
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<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="WixTemplate" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
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<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="WixTemplate" />
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First time doing some Wix practice, so im completely new to it.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
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I get this error however:
Error 2 The Component/#Directory attribute cannot be specified when the Component element is nested underneath a Directory element.
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edit: Side question......how do I specify an exact path? like C:\Herp\Derp

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Change your code to this
<Fragment>
<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
<Component Id="CMP_ADispOCX"
Guid="5E23B839-35CA-480E-8AFC-2E914BA8E32A">
<File Id="FILE_ADispocx"
Source="ADisp.ocx"
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<File Id="FILE_Abtn32a20ocx"
Source="btn32a20.ocx"
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Unresolved reference to symbol 'WixUI:WixUI_InstallDir' in section
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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