How to copy a file to %userprofile%

[Gary]

Hi,

I'm wondering if I'm going down the right rabbit hole.

I need to install a file to the directory referenced by the %userprofile% environment variable.

Is there a way to do this?

I have a .bat file that can do this that I could launch after the windows installer finishes, I think I can figure out how to do that, but it would seem cleaner if the installer could copy the file directly there.

Follow up:

I thought I sew something where I could copy a file to a folder named by a custom property and that I could set the value of the property from an environment variable. But now I can't find that. Sheesh.

This software has a lot of options and I'm getting lost in them.

Any pointers?

Gary

[GabrielBarbu]

Hi Gary and welcome to Advanced Installer Forums,

The option you are referring to is called a Property-based Folder. Our guide explains its usage. You could base it on an environment variable but care is recommended. This is because this particular environment variable (%userprofile%) differs from user to user, obviously. Hence, should your package run elevated, the install process would run under the local SYSTEM account and the %userprofile% environment variable would be the one in the SYSTEM's context, thus evaluating to an unwanted path.

The way to go around this is to save %userprofile%'s value to a property at the very beginning of the install process, then use that property with a property-based folder. Attached is a sample implementation of this behavior.

Regards,
Gabriel

[Gary]

Hi,

Thanks for including the sample.

I notice that it's a bit different from the Guide, and when I tried it the Guide way it didn't work.

I'm going back and redoing it according to your sample.

Gary

[Gary]

HI,

Ok, it's working now and even uninstalls.

Now, I have two other questions I'll put in a new thread.

Gary