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c#installationvisual-studio-setup-projevisual-studio-setup

how can get the path from installer and how set in my app?


i am writing a win app and now i want to make setup for my app,my code is:

Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey rk = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cu­rrentVersion\Run");
 rk.SetValue("MyAppName", @"C:\WhereMyAppIs\MyApp.exe");

now how can get the path from installer to set it??? thanks.


Solution

  • If you use Visual Studio, you can right click on the setup project -> View -> Registry and then set the registry key you like.

    Check out this sites:

    msi - Set InstallPath registry key

    Registry Settings Management (MSDN)