VS2008 Setup Project: Shared (By All Users) Application Data Files?

Question

fellow anthropoids and lily pads and paddlewheels!

I\'m developing a Windows desktop app in C#/.NET/WPF, using VS 2008. The app is required to install and run on Vis

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this will help in your case or not.

But if you add a private section to your app's config file

You can specify extra folders to check in your app.

If what you are saying is that you want to be able to install into other folders on the machine, then that is a problem. Essentially the whole reason that MS has restricted this stuff is to keep malicious code off machines where the user is unaware of what they are installing.

So, this won't work if you need another directory. What this fix does is allow you to specify where within your app to search for files......