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Rahul Yadav
Rahul Yadav

Reputation: 13

Get the user download folder path using Inno Setup?

How I get the user download folder path using Inno Setup?

[Code]
function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
  if (FileExists(ExpandConstant('{%username%}\Downloads\file.txt'))) then
  begin
    MsgBox('Installation validated', mbInformation, MB_OK);
    Result := True;
  end
  else
  begin
    MsgBox('Abort installation', mbCriticalError, MB_OK);
    Result := False;
  end;
end;

This always came to end in else part. There is constant for "user docs" and "user desktop" but not for "download". Can anyone please help me how I get user "download" folder path.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 341

Answers (1)

Martin Prikryl
Martin Prikryl

Reputation: 202282

The syntax for resolving environment variable is {%NAME}, not {%NAME%}. Moreover the USERNAME environment variable is not a path, it's just a username. You want USERPROFILE instead:

ExpandConstant('{%USERPROFILE}\Downloads\file.txt')

And hard-coding a path to Downloads folder seem like a bad idea to me. Who guarantees you that the file is there? I personally never download anything to the Downloads folder.

Aren't you actually looking for a file that is downloaded to the same folder, where your installer was downloaded to? Use {src} constant:

ExpandConstant('{src}\file.txt')

See Create small setup installer just for wizard, rest of files apart

Upvotes: 1

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