Write to AppData directory using InnoIDE?

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I need to write to the:

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\AppName

folder during the setup process. I'm using the InnoIDE program for setup, and it's awesome. However, it seems to be lacking an 'AppData' special folder for easily accessing that directory.

For example, you can use: DestDir: "{app}" to write the application directory.

But how do you get to AppData? Is there a list of all the preset DestDir options?

An elevated setup can not reliably write to the user's profile. This should be left to the application or write data to `{commonappdata}` for the application to read from. — Deanna, Apr 02 '13 at 11:27

ck_ · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-30T18:07:30.620

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Arg, got it.

{userappdata} → C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\AppName

as found here: http://news.jrsoftware.org/news/innosetup/msg74694.html

edited Mar 30 '13 at 18:07

answered Mar 01 '11 at 07:46

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This do not work.. i have to write the the same folder... and do not work. Am using Windows 7 64 bits. – Dielo Mar 30 '13 at 16:35

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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It is not recommend to write to AppData directory using InnoIDE. You better save user-specific data to a shared location first (e.g. under {app}) and have your application copy it from there on first startup.

more https://stackoverflow.com/a/3036259/5929293

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jul 16 '16 at 02:02

benito

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 17 '11 at 12:27

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As you said in your own answer, {userappdata} is the one you need. The help manual has a list of all the Inno Setup directory constants.

answered Mar 17 '11 at 12:27

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