How to create a Visual Studio Setup Project registry value with the application install path?

Question

I have a very simple application installer that needs to add an action to the shell menu of all files (HKCR*\shell), and I've run into a brick wall: how do I insert the installed path of the application into a registry value? I've tried everything I can think of:

[Path]
[ApplicationFolder]
[ApplicationPath]
[InstallPath]
[InstallRoot]
[InstallFolder]
[InstallTarget]
[TargetPath]

I even tried adding one that I know works in other places ([Manufacturer]) to make sure that the bracket-values syntax actually works in the Registry (it does).

Anyone know, or at the least, have any ideas that I haven't tried?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '09 at 11:12

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The one you are looking for is [TARGETDIR]

answered May 14 '09 at 11:12

Magnus Johansson

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I can't believe I didn't think of that one. Thanks! – Alex Lyman May 14 '09 at 11:32
Is there a list of tags somewhere? – LiamV Aug 04 '11 at 20:37
@LiamV http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370905(v=vs.85).aspx – Sebastian Jan 23 '12 at 16:16

How to create a Visual Studio Setup Project registry value with the application install path?

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