Installshield installation folder

Thanks for the replys. Monkey , 18 Nov Joined: 3 Nov Posts: 1, Likes Received: 0. If something breaks, change the name back otherwise delete it. You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Tags: windows. Files and Folders View. Adding Files to Components.

Setting Component Key Files. Specifying Hard-Coded Destination Directories. Setup Best Practices. In the Add new components to the feature list, select the feature with which you want any new components associated. If InstallShield creates new components for the files added, these components are added to the feature selected in the Add new components to the feature list. Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help.

Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. When you add files to your installation project, you do so by placing them in a destination folder.

The following destination folders are provided by default. Each one is dynamic, meaning that they do not use hard-coded paths. Instead, the value for each destination folder is obtained from the operating system of the target machine. This folder allows you to create folders whose location is determined in your script. Files cannot be added directly to this folder, but only to its subfolders; to create a subfolder, right-click the folder and select New Folder.

This property holds the full path to the current user's Application Data folder. A typical value of this property is:. This is the full path to the folder containing application data for all users.

A common path is:. The value of this property is the full path to the bit Common Files folder. This property requires Windows Installer version 2.