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Chapter 18: Additional Installation Options<br />

Working with Windows Installer Properties<br />

Windows Installer Property Reference<br />

Windows Installer properties let you reference certain aspects of your installation through the Windows<br />

Installer service. These properties can be used in custom actions, .ini file keyword values, and in dialog<br />

text. For information on how to use these properties, see Working with Windows Installer Properties.<br />

The following categories of Windows Installer properties are described in this topic. Click a link to go<br />

directly to a category.<br />

• Special Folder and File Properties<br />

• Feature Installation Properties<br />

• Other Configurable Properties<br />

• <strong>User</strong>-Supplied Information<br />

• Product-Specific Properties<br />

• System Folders Set by the Installer<br />

• Operating System Properties Set by the Installer<br />

• Hardware Properties Set by the Installer<br />

• Status Properties Updated by the Installer<br />

• Date and Time Properties<br />

Note: Do not confuse installer properties with path variables, which are surrounded by angle brackets (). While they<br />

both represent directories, you can use Windows Installer properties at run time, but path variables are used to point to<br />

source files only during setup design and at build time.<br />

Special Folder and File Properties<br />

Special folder properties are those properties that define where files are stored or installed on the target<br />

system. File properties refer to specific files.<br />

To use a folder property in your installation, enclose it in square brackets: [].<br />

Table 18-2: Folder Properties<br />

Property Name Description<br />

INSTALLDIR This property contains the default destination folder for the files in your<br />

features. For more information, see Setting the Default Product<br />

Destination Folder (INSTALLDIR).<br />

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