Specifying c:\ProgramData folder in Setup project?

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I am using a Windows Installer deployment project in VS 2010 to create an installer for a small demo project. The demo needs to install a SQL Compact database file (MyData.sdf). The demo can't install the database to the application folder on the user's machine--I get an "access denied" error if I do that. So, the logical place to install the database would seem to be a subfolder under the user's c:\ProgramData folder.

How do I specify the c:\ProgramData folder in the deployment project's File System Editor? I right-click the File System on Target Machine node and hover over Add Special Folder to see the fly-out list of special folders, but I don't see a special folder that looks like it corresponds to the c:\ProgramData folder.

Does one of the entries on the list correspond to the folder? Do I have to set it up as a custom folder? If I do, how would I set up the custom folder? Thanks for your help.

spender · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-16 17:27:29Z

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I don't think it's available in the fly-out. You can create Custom Folder and set its DefaultLocation property to [CommonAppDataFolder].

answered Sep 16, 2010 at 17:27

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spender Over a year ago

Also, this question I asked a while back may be of interest: stackoverflow.com/questions/215471/…

kjbartel Over a year ago

Here's the MSDN page describing this: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/…

Simant Over a year ago

@spender I am using Visual Studio 2017 for an installer and I can't see [CommonAppDataFolder] in DefaultLocation option. What would be the equivalent option in Visual Studio 2017 installer?

jordanz Over a year ago

I created a custom folder (like what spender suggests) and manually typed [CommonAppDataFolder] in the DefaultLocation area. I'm using VS 2019, if that matters.

Rachid Benbrik Over a year ago

Thank and don't forget to set AlwaysCreate to true for the subfolder

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