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EKallen
Level 3
‎Apr 27, 2011 02:09 PM

Installing files in another application's installdir

I have a set of files that need to be installed in another application's installation directory if that other application is installed. I can detect if that application is installed but I'm not sure how best to direct those files to the other application's installation directory. I'm using InstallScript now in the Feature_Installing function to detect the other application by reading the system registry and that is working well.

Thanks.
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EKallen
Level 3
‎Apr 27, 2011 04:58 PM

I set the files in their own special directory, then used MsiSetTargetPath to set the directory to the desired application directory. The files now install to the correct directory and automagically uninstall without me having to do anything. 🙂

The only question left now is how to keep the files from installing to their default directory (under INSTALLDIR) if the other application is not installed at all?
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