Magic Folders

InstallAnywhere 2024 R2

A magic folder represents a specific destination location, such as the end user–selected installation directory, the desktop, or the location for library files. At install time, the installer determines which operating system it is running on and sets the magic folders to the correct absolute paths. Many magic folders are platform specific. InstallAnywhere offers predefined magic folders for standard locations on target system platforms that InstallAnywhere supports. InstallAnywhere also lets you define custom magic folders. A project can contain a maximum of 25 user-defined magic folders.

Note:For information on how magic folders are associated with variables, see Magic Folders and Variables.