empty folder in .NET project

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hi,

As part of .NET setup project i need to create a empty directory C:\test\log .
This directory will be used by some other process to create logs.

This folder has to be created irrespective of installtion folder as installtion in program files.

How can a create an empty folder in .NET setup project at a specified location ?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Shreyas

Posted 1-Oct-13 11:19am

srastogi85

Updated 1-Oct-13 11:44am

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Matt T Heffron 1-Oct-13 17:21pm

Is there a question here?
With what are you having difficulty?

srastogi85 1-Oct-13 17:26pm

how can i add an empty folder to setup to be installed at specific location

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Oct-13 17:39pm

It depends on setup framework you are using.
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-10-01T11:46:00

I depends on the setup framework you are using. The answers would be very different.

I don't advise you to do so. First, there are standard places where you can write data generated by your application. Please see my past answer:
How to find my programs directory[^].

Also, there is a standard method of logging: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.eventlog.aspx[^].

Essentially, the problem is this: the directory you are going to create and use is illegal for newer Windows versions, Windows 7 and later (I don't want to mention Vista, consider it failed). Therefore, you would need to take care about making it writable, by modification of its permission in the installer. If you use the approaches standardized in Windows, you won't need it and hence the creation of the directory would be put in the code of application itself, where it truly belongs. You would create this directory when you are writing the very first log. As simple as that.

—SA