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gzvinstall
Level 4

Copy files to APPDATA for every new user

I have an installscript MSI project. I am trying to customize the install for 'ALLUSERS'. I set this property to 1.

Another requirement I have is that each time a new user logs on, a set of data files needs to be copied to his 'APPDATA' location. How can I accomplish this?

I tried publishing a component (created a GUID and a qualifier for that component) thinking that doing so will create an entry for this component in the Add/Remove programs list but did not succeed.

Any help/suggestions will be appreciated!
Thanks!
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WalterT
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On Basic MSI you can use Active Setup, I dont know if its possible for InstallScript projects but here goes:

This is a technique for running a repair of you msi for every subsequent user that logs on the machine your msi is installed on. This repair can "fix" the user profile including files, registries and shortcuts. To implement this you need one registry key added to your installation. This article explains it all:

http://www.appdeploy.com/articles/activesetup.asp


hope it helps,

Walt
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gzvinstall
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Thank you so much!!! that worked!
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