Deployment issue in Win7

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When we install the Windows application setup file then it is giving different results.

If I install in Windows XP it is copying the files in the path C\Programme Files\Application. In XP application is working without any issues in all machines.

But if I install same setup in Win7 then it is copying in the C\Programme Files\ only.All the files are placed in C:\Programe files and application is not working.

If I copy individual files and paste inside the C:\Programme Files\Application then again it started working.

Request you to help me in resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 31-Jan-12 5:08am

siddisagar

Updated 31-Jan-12 6:04am

Richard MacCutchan

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Ankur^\m/ · Answer 1 · 2012-01-31T05:22:00

Different operating system will behave differently. Your application should NOT rely on absolute paths.

You can achieve this by adding just a few lines of code. Check if a path exists or not. If not create it. But you must be very careful while choosing a path. You may not know under what permissions your application will run. So choose your directory structure appropriately. For ex - if your application isn't running under administrator privilege or if there is a antivirus protection on with a higher security, you may not be allowed to create files/folder in the system directory and even in the windows and program files folder. But you will usually have rights to create files/folders inside you application folder. So design your app accordingly.