Add Public Documents (i.e. All Users Documents) to list of available destinations in Installers

[josborne]

Pretty simple idea.  When you are creating installers, you are allowed to install files in many different locations.  Including lots of system locations.

But for some reason, Public Documents is not one of these destinations.  It should be.

Because its not in the list, I need to go through some annoying workarounds which I don't totally trust.

[josborne]

Whoops.  I meant to post this to the Idea Exchange.  Sorry.

[RavensFan]

I've come across this issue as well.  I kudoed your idea in the Idea Exchange.

Add Public Documents (i.e. All Users Documents) to list of available destinations in Installers

It seems to me that you should be able to install files into any directory that you can ultimately access by using the Get System Directory.vi.

Can you document in this thread what the workaround was?  I think I had done a workaround once where you add a new location, and use just the right phrase so that it is the alias for the All Users Documents directory, so that it will install in the right location whether it is XP or Win7.  But I don't remember exactly how I did it before.  And I think I may have to do this again for an installer very soon.