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All users installation with user specific files

Hello,

Here is a problem I have been trying to solve:
I am creating an MSI for an application which requires some files in the users profile (AppDataFolder). These are user specific files and every user needs them installed in their own profile. But also this application is going to be installed for all users that use the machine (ALLUSERS=1)

So what happens when I install the application as an administrator? It installs everything the way I want. The application is available to all the users on the machine and the user specific files are installed in the profile of the administrator.
Except when I now log on as another user, windows installer isn't repairing the files in the users profile. It is trying to access the files in the profile of the administrator instead! That is not what I wanted.

Can anyone help me with this?

I am using:
InstallShield AdminStudio 3.5 valuepack2;
Windows XP SP1 with domain accounts with roaming profiles.
(2) Replies
Have you validated your project?
Build->Validate?

You must have a HKCU keypath for components that install into a userprofile

looeee
Excellent, that was the solution.

Thank you.