I am looking for the environment variable for AppData in NSIS. I need to copy fils to the AppData directory in my installation.
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It can't be easier than this $APPDATA
, you can do something like this:
SetShellVarContext all
!define INSTDIR_DATA "$APPDATA\MyApp" ; call "SetShellVarContext all" before!

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Perfect. I found this link as well, if someone wants to read more: http://wilsont3ch.com/about-portables-2/more-file-management/ – kakka47 Jun 14 '11 at 06:17
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$APPDATA is already defined as constant in NSIS.
The application data directory. Detection of the current user path requires Internet Explorer 4 and above. Detection of the all users path requires Internet Explorer 5 and above. The context of this constant (All Users or Current user) depends on the SetShellVarContext setting. The default is the current user.

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