WiX and System Folders 系统目录

 

If you've looked at the WiX sample, you've no doubt seen a directory entry that look a lot like the following:

  <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>

If you're wondering where ProgramFilesFolder comes from or if you've wondered how to copy something into the StartMenuFolder or the SendToFolder etc, you'll want to check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/system_folder_properties.asp.  This has the full list of named folders that you can use in your WiX Directory Id's.  Here's a snip from the page for quick linking...

Property name	Brief description of property
AdminToolsFolder	Full path to the directory containing administrative tools for an individual user.
AppDataFolder	Full path to the Application Data folder for the current user.
CommonAppDataFolder	Full path to application data for all users.
CommonFiles64Folder	Full path to the predefined 64-bit Common Files folder.
CommonFilesFolder	Full path to the Common Files folder for the current user.
DesktopFolder	Full path to the Desktop folder.
FavoritesFolder	Full path to the Favorites folder for the current user.
FontsFolder	Full path to the Fonts folder.
LocalAppDataFolder	Full path to directory that serves as a data repository for local (nonroaming) applications.
MyPicturesFolder	Full path to the MyPictures folder.
PersonalFolder	Full path to the Personal folder for the current user.
ProgramFiles64Folder	Full path of the predefined 64-bit Program Files folder.
ProgramFilesFolder	Full path of the predefined 32-bit Program Files folder.
ProgramMenuFolder	Full path to the Program Menu folder.
SendToFolder	Full path to the SendTo folder for the current user.
StartMenuFolder	Full path to the Start menu folder.
StartupFolder	Full path to the Startup folder.
System16Folder	Full path to folder for 16-bit system DLLs.
System64Folder	Full path to the predefined System64 folder.
SystemFolder	Full path to the System folder.
TempFolder	Full path to the Temp folder.
TemplateFolder	Full path to the Template folder for the current user.
WindowsFolder	Full path to the Windows folder.
WindowsVolume	The volume of the Windows folder.