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Installer does not create directories/files in APPDATA directory

I have an installer that installs the application into the Program Files directory, and additionally, is supposed to create application files and a directory structure in the Public App Data (%APPDATA%) directory of the Windows installation. In the LV Build Specification, I have created the appropriate destinations, moved the project specific files to those destinations in the Source File section, and tried combinations of the source file properties. When I run the installer, the application installs into Program Files correctly, however, nothing is created in %APPDATA%. I have even marked these files as vital to the installation, in order to stop, if there's a problem. No problem was indicated during the installation. Thanks for the help.
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Hi Jlgeris,

 

I build a little istaller and told the installer to put something in the appdata directory as you can see in the attached files. After  installing it, I found the file in the right directory.

 

Did you do this in the same way?

 

regards

Tobias

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I know this is an old post, but if anybody else is trying to do this. I found that you can do it by adding a MSI property in the destinations section of the Installer Build Specification.

 

You can find more here:

 

http://lavag.org/topic/18278-what-does-the-add-property-button-do-in-the-installer-build-specificati...

 

Regards,

Fab

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