[wix-users] How to set default Directory value?

[sampat magi]

hi souren,

http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/feature.html

Read about ConfigurableDirectory attribute on the page.

hope this resolves your issue.

Regards,
Sampat

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Souren <souren at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wanted to have a default value for Directory, so every time user run
> setup, same default value will apear as Directory, but in case user
> customize the folder then component to be installed in new folder.
>
> So I used:
>
> <SetDirectory Id="DDD_FOLDER" Value="C:\DDD"/>
>
> Now everything works as expected, except that I in later operations where I
> use "DDD_FOLDER" (for example set registry key value), it always points to
> "C:\DDD", even if user customized directory.
>
> How to get the customized value of directory? Or if that won't play nice
> with SetDirectory, how else can I set default(not fixed) value for
> Directory?
>
> Thanks
>
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