Directory Tab
On the Directory tab of the Options dialog box, you can set various design-time directory options for Windows Installer and InstallScript MSI projects.
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Setting |
Project Type |
Description |
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Show INSTALLDIR |
Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI |
Select this check box to display INSTALLDIR as a predefined folder at the root level of the folder structure. If the check box not cleared, INSTALLDIR appears in its location relative to other folders. In the Files and Folders view, it appears as a subfolder beneath the ProgramFilesFolder and the “Your Company Name” folder. |
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Always show directory nodes with different IDs separately |
Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI |
In the Files and Folders view, the default behavior for displaying two directory identifiers with the same path is to display them as a single directory. To show different directory identifiers with the same path as two separate directories in the Files and Folders view, select this check box. |
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Clean up unused directories |
Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI |
Select this check box to remove unused user-defined directories from your installation project. For example, if you set a component’s destination to {MYDIR}[INSTALLDIR]MYDIR1 and subsequently change the destination to [INSTALLDIR], MYDIR1 is automatically deleted from your project if it is not used elsewhere in your project. |