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[Ajawl]

I need to create an empty under the root drive, live "c:\MyFolder"
I tried to use the CreateFolder and the Directory tables, but I did not have success to use the Directory table. I do not know how to create a new entry in this table to point to a directory like c:\MyFolder.
I could just create directories under the INSTALLDIR directories, which is [ProgramFilesFolder]\MyApplication.
Please, can anybody help me?

Thank you,
Ajawl

[Ian Blake]

Try

Directory:  MyDir
Directory_Parent: WindowsVolume
DefaultDir: MyName~1|MyNameIsLong

WindowsVolume is the drive windows is installed on.

It would be better to create your directory under the AppDataFolder or the LocalAppDataFolder.  You need a good reason to mess up your clients root directory.  So leave it alone.  Apps can find the app data directories easily with SHGetFolderPath (or SHGetSpecialFolderPath)

eg,

Directory: MyDir
Directory_Parent: MyCompanyDir
DefaultDir: MyName~1|MyNameIsLong

Directory: MyCompanytDir
Directory_Parent: AppDataFolder
DefaultDir AJAWLSOF|AJAWLSoftware