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‎Mar 25, 2013
02:49 AM
Choose Install folder !!
Hii friends,
Am using choose install folder in the pre-installation task and while running the exe,even if i change the path to c:\nameoffolder,its taking default path as c:\programfiles\nameoffolder. How can i change this ????
Am using choose install folder in the pre-installation task and while running the exe,even if i change the path to c:\nameoffolder,its taking default path as c:\programfiles\nameoffolder. How can i change this ????
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‎Mar 25, 2013
07:15 AM
Hello Pavan,
I am able to install the install.exe on different location by "choose the installer folder" in the pre-installation phase. Make sure you have given a path properly.
I have installed the installer on D:\test_installer location.
Please let me know if it works.
Thanks,
Manzoor
I am able to install the install.exe on different location by "choose the installer folder" in the pre-installation phase. Make sure you have given a path properly.
I have installed the installer on D:\test_installer location.
Please let me know if it works.
Thanks,
Manzoor
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‎Mar 25, 2013
07:51 AM
Hello mansoor,
Yeah its working fine i had done small mistake:)Thx for ur reply anyways!
Yeah its working fine i had done small mistake:)Thx for ur reply anyways!
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‎Apr 15, 2013
07:19 PM
Hello,
I am also trying to change the default install folder to something other than C:\Program Files\MyProduct.
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Config:
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InstallAnywhere 2012 SP1, Enterprise
Windows SP, SP3
Try setting system drive root using drop-down menu
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Bring up Advanced Designer
Goto Pre-Install task
At the top is a drop-down menu plus entry dialog entitlled 'Default Install Folder'
In the drop-down menu I selected 'System Drive Root'( I presume that means C: )
Rebuilt Installer
Ran it. Default: C:\Program Files\MyProduct
Try setting it using a magic folder
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Bring up Advanced Designer
Goto Pre-Install task
Set $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_8$to C:\MyProduct
In Pre-Install task, I did a 'Add Action' -> 'Set InstallAnywhere Variable - Single Variable'
I set $USER_INSTALL_DIR$ to $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_8$
Rebuilt Installer
Ran it. Default: C:\Program Files\MyProduct
Try setting default install root to a user magic folder in the drop-down menu
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Bring up Advanced Designer
Goto Pre-Install task
Set $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_8$ to C:\MyProduct
At the top is a drop-down menu plus entry dialog entitlled 'Default Install Folder'
In the drop-down menu I selected $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_8$ ( I presume that means C:)
Rebuilt Installer
Ran it. Default: C:\Program Files\MyProduct
BTW: In the 'Project' task is an area entitled 'Windows Execution Leve'. I set that to 'Administrator' just in case.
What am I missing :confused:
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Regards,
Sandra Carney
I am also trying to change the default install folder to something other than C:\Program Files\MyProduct.
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BTW: In the 'Project' task is an area entitled 'Windows Execution Leve'. I set that to 'Administrator' just in case.
What am I missing :confused:
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Regards,
Sandra Carney
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‎Apr 16, 2013
12:15 AM
Hellooo,
Go to project-platforms-windows- select system drive Root\$PRODUCT_NAME$ ,hope this will solve the problem.
Go to project-platforms-windows- select system drive Root\$PRODUCT_NAME$ ,hope this will solve the problem.
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‎Apr 16, 2013
09:44 AM
In my post from 15-Apr-2013, I forgot to mention that I also tried a couple of other things:
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System Drive Root
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Went to 'Project' task
Selected the 'Windows' tab
In the 'Default Install Folder' section, I selected System Drive Root from the menu.
Result: default install folder is still [I/]C:Program Files\MyProduct
Then I ran through the above actions with the default set to $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_8$
Same result: Default install folder is C:\Program Folders\MyProduct
One other thing to note. I originally configured the Project/Installer to deploy to the InstallAnywhere default which is 'C:\Program Folders\MyProduct'. Now I want to change it. Is that my problem? Do I have to start a new installer project to do this?
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‎Apr 17, 2013
04:40 PM
Hello,
This is what I did:
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In the Pre-Install task, I assigned C:\MyProduct to $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_1$ before I did anything else.
Then I selected Project -> Platforms -> Windows
Then in the area entitled Default Install Folder, I selected $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_1$ from the dropdown menu. I entered nothing in the entry dialog.
That works.
NOTE: If you don't define $USER_MAGIC_FOLDER_1$ or whatever magic folder you want, first, it won't work because the thing has already been assigned. It doesn't seem to allow people to go back and do this stuff later in the project 😞
This is what I did:
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