Include folder in setup project

c# visual-studio visual-studio-2008 installation setup-project
MichaelD picture MichaelD · Jul 10, 2009 · Viewed 20.7k times · Source

I want to include a folder in a setup project so that when I deploy that setup the complete folder is also deployed to the install location.

Answer

David Hedlund picture David Hedlund · Jul 10, 2009

Right click the setup project, and select "View" > "File System", and from there you can access a lot of special folders like install folder, appdata, desktop etc, and add files to there, that will be created when you install the application. Make sure to set the "alwayscreate" property to true.

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