I hope someone can help me.
I am only trialling Advanced Installer at the moment...so I'm not familiar with it's terminology. I have created 'Simple' installer packages without any issue but that's as far as it goes.
However, this time I'm trying to do something a little more tricky.
I have a 'REALLY' badly designed application that when installed copies files to...
- Program Files (which you would expect)
- Users' profile folder (c:\users\<username>)
If these files don't appear in the 'users' folder then the application won't execute.
So...for example...If I login to a workstation as "administrator" then the [current] installation packages installs certain files into "C:\Program Files\..." and other files into the "C:\Users\administrator" folder.
If I then login as "user1" then the files don't exist in the "c:\users\user1" folder, so the application fails to execute.
What I would like to do is 'repackage' the application so that it...
- Copies the relevant files to "C:\Progam Files"...and...
- Copies the necessary files to EACH AND EVERY FOLDER that appears in the "C:\Users" folder.
This is not an in-house application...I have tried to contact the developer (online) but the website hasn't been updated in 'years' and my emails are bouncing. So changing the application to work in a different way isn't an option.
Am I able to repackage the application to work in the way I want? If so, can someone please point me in the right direction?
Many thanks,
Lee