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i cannot find anything online but i need to set up the install path for my c sharp winform visual studio program. when i install it it just goes to appdata and then has a million random numbers and letters. the issue is everytime i install this it has different letters and numbers so i always have a new path to allow a program through on my antivirus across multiple computers. how to i set the install path so it will install with the same path everytime?

jbigs89
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  • How are you installing the application? ClickOnce? – gunr2171 Aug 13 '23 at 16:20
  • @gunr2171 i just publish the program and then it gives me setup and application files. i then run the setup to install the program – jbigs89 Aug 13 '23 at 17:27
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    Does this answer your question? [Choose install path for ClickOnce application during setup](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11209427/choose-install-path-for-clickonce-application-during-setup) – gunr2171 Aug 13 '23 at 17:29
  • Publish has a setup.exe which is a self extracting zip file. So just make sure you run the setup.exe it is the same path on every computer. – jdweng Aug 13 '23 at 23:35
  • @jdweng this is not true it does not install as the same file path. it makes some random letters and numbers and it is never the same. – jbigs89 Aug 14 '23 at 11:24
  • Then you must be installing in the user TEMP area, or the folder already exists. An installation is never random. – jdweng Aug 14 '23 at 12:16
  • If you're using ClickOnce, this doesn't seem to be possible because ClickOnce applications are installed per user in the user application cache. You cannot change this location. Other than that, the [default location](https://stackoverflow.com/a/3028287/20376806) seems to help you – wenbingeng-MSFT Aug 15 '23 at 01:08

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