Determin where installed

[carlblanchard]

I have Program A on CD Rom (just an exe)

It needs to lanch another application(Prog b) which is installed in hard drive (could be anywhere)

How can i determin the location of Prog b from Prog A - without search the entire harddrive

Any Ideas

[Pirate]

Originally posted by carlblanchard
I have Program A on CD Rom (just an exe)

It needs to lanch another application(Prog b) which is installed in hard drive (could be anywhere)

How can i determin the location of Prog b from Prog A - without search the entire harddrive
Any Ideas

The only way that make sense to me is too search entire hd . Or search , once found it , store it in the registry so next time you read the path from reg .

[carlblanchard]

Yeah thats the only way i can think of

Dosnt MSI set something to where i can pick up the path ?
or i get MSI to set a file or something ???

My Pirate, judging be your pic nowadays dont ya think you getting on a bit to code LOL NO OFFENCE

[Pirate]

Originally posted by carlblanchard
Yeah thats the only way i can think of

Dosnt MSI set something to where i can pick up the path ?
or i get MSI to set a file or something ???

My Pirate, judging be your pic nowadays dont ya think you getting on a bit to code LOL NO OFFENCE

See if this link help , specifically item "59.23"

[carlblanchard]

Havnt looked at link yet but

If you use MSI Registry and add a key and then as value put [ProgramFilesFolder][Manufacturer]\[ProductName]

It automatically gets the installed folder chosen in MSI

problem solved