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‎Nov 10, 2008
10:59 AM
"All Users" home and "Application Data" folder paths in Windows
Hi All.
I've just installed my InstallAnywhere 2008 Enterprise software package, and I am making some experience with it.
I see that there are several InstallAnywhere variables which are mapped to specific folders on each Operating System. For instance, the "All Users Desktop" folder corresponds to the InstallAnywhere variable:
$WIN_COMMON_DESKTOP$
Now, my question is:
are there InstallAnywhere variables for the "All Users" home directory, and for the "All Users Application Data" directory? On my Win XP system, these two directories respectively correspond to:
1 - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
2 - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
But how to retrieve these two Windows-specific paths in a PC-independent way in an InstallAnywhere installer projects? I think these values are REALLY important in order to build modern installers and applications.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Marco.
I've just installed my InstallAnywhere 2008 Enterprise software package, and I am making some experience with it.
I see that there are several InstallAnywhere variables which are mapped to specific folders on each Operating System. For instance, the "All Users Desktop" folder corresponds to the InstallAnywhere variable:
$WIN_COMMON_DESKTOP$
Now, my question is:
are there InstallAnywhere variables for the "All Users" home directory, and for the "All Users Application Data" directory? On my Win XP system, these two directories respectively correspond to:
1 - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
2 - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
But how to retrieve these two Windows-specific paths in a PC-independent way in an InstallAnywhere installer projects? I think these values are REALLY important in order to build modern installers and applications.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Marco.
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‎Dec 01, 2011
02:17 AM
I have the same question, does Installanywhere higher version has any update for this topic?
Emily
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‎Dec 01, 2011
02:26 AM
I got the answer, we can get the common aplicatoin data folder from system registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
Obviously, it is used only for windows platform.
Emily
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
Obviously, it is used only for windows platform.
Emily
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