Specifying installation folder

[iliekater]

I am using VS2008 Express edition and I am ready to publish my application . However I can't see any setting concerning the installation path for the program ... When I run the setup file , the program installs itself somewhere in :
Documents and settings\[User name]\Local settings ..........

In case it is not possible to specify the installation folder with Express edition , is there any other way I can do that ?

[techgnome]

With the click-once deployment method, no... that's kind of the point... neither you nor the user cares where the app is installed. Plus it gives you a sandboxed area.

If you want it installed somewhere else, then you need to use something other than click-once...

-tg

[iliekater]

So , what else is out there available ?

[Radjesh Klauke]

InnoSetup, Create Install Free, Advanced Installer Freeware Edition, Nullsoft Scriptable Install, etc. Just Google

[Hack]

Moved To Application Deployment

[iliekater]

OK , I see CreateInstallFree allows to create installation packages . However you must specifically select the files and where they should install themselves . I mean it cannot select a VB project and do the rest . I am saying this because , apart from copying an exe file , there are also some dll files that have to be installed and who knows what else . What can I do for them ? The only thing I can think of is to watch where the program installs itself after the click once installation and select all of those files (the exe and the dll files) and , with them , create another installation package with CreateInstallFree . However , I dodn't know , will that be enough ?

[tbd123]

Hi Radjesh Klauke

I had tried your recommended position, not yet properly please guide me...

[dilettante]

Don't try to mimic what ClickOnce does, it is intentionally NOT doing normal installation.