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Paul
Paul

Reputation: 193

Installer options available in application?

I have a basic installer with an option to install for all users or only for the current user. Based on this selection I copy several files in the common app data or the local app data.

My question is, how do I let my application know where have these files been installed. And I don't mean providing a hard coded path but more like providing the ability to choose between Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData (Single User) and Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData (All Users).

Upvotes: 2

Views: 321

Answers (2)

Daniel N
Daniel N

Reputation: 417

An easy way to figure out which folder your data is in from your application is to check the LocalApplicationData, and if something is there, use it, else check the CommonApplicationData folder.

Upvotes: 1

SliverNinja - MSFT
SliverNinja - MSFT

Reputation: 31641

You should send the ALLUSERS custom action data to a installer class using the installer Custom Actions.

Here is a great custom action installer example that uses Regasm to register .NET assemblies.

Once you have your installer custom action and custom action data - you can store it somewhere where your application can retrieve it - either in the registry, application config, or to a fixed location on disk.

Upvotes: 1

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