The paths of the folders in the "Files and Folders" page

The folders in the "Files and Folders" page use predefined and custom installer properties which store their paths:

• Application Folder -> APPDIR
• Application Shortcut Folder -> SHORTCUTDIR
• Program Files -> ProgramFilesFolder
• Common Files -> CommonFilesFolder
• Program Files 64 -> ProgramFiles64Folder
• Common Files 64 -> CommonFiles64Folder
• Windows Volume -> WindowsVolume
• Temporary -> TempFolder
• Windows -> WindowsFolder
• Fonts -> FontsFolder
• System -> SystemFolder
• System 16 -> System16Folder
• System 64 -> System64Folder
• Start Menu -> StartMenuFolder
• Programs -> ProgramMenuFolder
• Startup -> StartupFolder
• Desktop -> DesktopFolder
• Favorites -> FavoritesFolder
• My Documents -> PersonalFolder
• My Pictures -> MyPicturesFolder
• Templates -> TemplateFolder
• Send To -> SendToFolder
• Administrative Tools -> AdminToolsFolder
• Application Data -> AppDataFolder
• Common Application Data -> CommonAppDataFolder
• Local Application Data -> LocalAppDataFolder

Except the first two folders which are custom, all the above folders are predefined for Windows Installer. When the installation package runs, Windows Installer will automatically resolve their paths according to the configuration of the target machine.

On a machine which has Windows installed on the C: drive, the default paths for these folders are set like this:

• Application Folder -> C:\Program Files\Your Company\Your Application (this is the default value and it can be configured)
• Application Shortcut Folder -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Your Application (this is the default value and it can be configured)
• Program Files -> C:\Program Files ("C:\Program Files (x86)" on a 64-bit machine)
• Common Files -> C:\Program Files\Common Files ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files" on a 64-bit machine)
• Program Files 64 -> C:\Program Files (it is resolved only on a 64-bit machine)
• Common Files 64 -> C:\Program Files\Common Files (it is resolved only on a 64-bit machine)
• Windows Volume -> C:\
• Temporary -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp
• Windows -> C:\Windows
• Fonts -> C:\Windows\Fonts
• System -> C:\Windows\system32 ("C:\Windows\SysWow64" on a 64-bit machine)
• System 16 -> C:\Windows\system (used on older versions of Windows)
• System 64 -> C:\Windows\system32 (it is resolved only on 64-bit machines)
• Start Menu -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu
• Programs -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs
• Startup -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
• Desktop -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Desktop
• Favorites -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Favorites
• My Documents -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents
• My Pictures -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Pictures
• Templates -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Templates
• Send To -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\SendTo
• Administrative Tools -> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
• Application Data -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data
• Common Application Data -> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
• Local Application Data -> C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data

For the above paths <username> represents the name of the current user (the user account on which the installation runs).